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Kennedy Newark Central

Knights

Blue Devils

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Sunday's neutral non-conference game against Kennedy (Paterson, NJ) by a score of 63-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kennedy	11	14	18	20	63
Newark Central	12	7	15	24	58

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Game Stats

Kennedy (23-24)

Kennedy has not entered stats for this game.

Newark Central (23-24)

Newark Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	21	61	34	42
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	11	4	12	33	33
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	9	4	10	40	45
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	4	2	11	18	18
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	16	6	15	40	53
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	18	5	12	42	58

Newark Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	9	27	33	7	12	58	12	34	35
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	11	0	0	0	3	5	60	4	12	33
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	9	1	2	50	0	0	0	3	8	38
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	8	25
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	16	4	13	31	0	0	0	2	2	100
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	18	4	8	50	4	5	80	1	4	25

Newark Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	10	20	30	14	7	1	14	16
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	11	3	7	10	1	1	0	2	1
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	9	3	3	6	0	1	1	3	4
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	4	2	3	5	1	3	0	4	2
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	16	0	1	1	4	1	0	5	4
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	18	1	2	3	7	1	0	0	4
23	Raquan Fox (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Newark Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.50	0.44	0.06
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	0.00	0.33	0.25	0.25
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	0.25	0.75	1.50	0.00
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	0.80	0.20	0.25	0.00
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	7.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
23	Raquan Fox (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Central tipped by Kennedy

February 4, 2024: Paterson, NJ 07522

The Kennedy Knights basketball team scored 63 points and held the visiting Central Blue Devils to 58 in the Knights non-league triumph on Sunday.

The Knights now sport a 12-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Clifton for a Big North - Liberty contest on Tuesday, February 6. Kennedy will meet a Mustangs team coming off a 51-41 non-league win over DePaul Catholic (Wayne, NJ). The Mustangs record now stands at 10-11.

The Blue Devils (9-12) will now prepare for their contest against Arts (Newark, NJ). The Jaguars enter the Super Essex - American contest with a 17-5 record. In their last contest, Arts nudged Payne Tech (Newark, NJ), 64-48, in a non-league contest.

Players of the Game

Kennedy (23-24)

Kennedy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Newark Central (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Drean Aikins for being selected the Newark Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Kennedy vs NCHS Basketball Game Info

Sun., Feb. 4, 2024 @ 2:15p

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Sunday's neutral non-conference game against Kennedy (Paterson, NJ) by a score of 63-58.

Rankings & Records

Kennedy (23-24)

NJ	Div.
100	27

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-10	7-5	5-3	6-5	5-2	.615	.583	1,343	1,402

Newark Central (23-24)

NJ	Div.
179	30

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-17	4-8	9-6	0-7	1-4	.370	.333	1,550	1,753

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Kennedy	11.0	14.0	18.0	20.0	-	51.7
Newark Central	12.1	12.8	15.9	16.2	9.0	57.4

Team Stat Comparison

Kennedy		Newark Central
2.0	Points Per Game	55.4
1.4	Rebounds Per Game	22.9
0.5	Assists Per Game	9.3
0.6	Steals Per Game	6.0
0.4	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Kennedy		Newark Central	National Avg.
#4 Justin Hunt 13.0	Points Per Game	#10 Malik Bass13.0	4.9
#0 Miach Pierce8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Drean Aikins5.3	2.6
#2 Jaden Mason 5.0	Assists Per Game	#10 Malik Bass3.6	1.0
#2 Jaden Mason 5.0	Steals Per Game	#1 Michael Anderson1.9	0.8
#0 Miach Pierce5.0	Blocks Per Game	#3 Armon Mancebo0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kennedy	1-1		Newark Central	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/27/23	East Orange Campus	Kennedy	(L) 64-43	1/4/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 59-29
				2/1/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 62-52
2/17/24	Kennedy	West Side	(W) 60-51	12/19/23	West Side	Newark Central	(W) 77-55
				1/23/24	Newark Central	West Side	(L) 75-70

Record Breakdown

Kennedy (23-24)		Newark Central (23-24)
16-10	Overall	10-17
7-5	League	4-8
8-4	Non-League	4-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-1	Common Opponent	1-3
5-3	Home	9-6
6-5	Away	0-7
5-2	Neutral	1-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
16-10	In-State	8-16
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1