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University Central

Phoenix

Blue Devils

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference tournament game against University (Newark, NJ) by a score of 72-68.

Game Details: Newark Xmas Tournament Finals

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	14	19	16	19	68
Central	14	21	18	19	72

Final score provided by S. CalPreps.

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Game Stats

University (21-22)

University has not entered stats for this game.

Central (21-22)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	26	47	55	59
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	14	6	14	43	46
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	23	8	16	50	50
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	8	3	8	38	50
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	9	3	4	75	75
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	18	8	10	80	80

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	3	11	27	13	20	65	23	36	64
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	14	1	4	25	1	2	50	5	10	50
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	23	0	0	0	7	9	78	8	16	50
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	9	0	1	0	3	4	75	3	3	100
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	18	0	1	0	2	5	40	8	9	89

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	12	16	28	16	4	3	9	15
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	14	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	1
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	23	5	5	10	2	3	1	1	2
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	8	2	4	6	2	0	1	2	5
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	2	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	2
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	18	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	3

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	1.78	0.44	0.27	0.20	3
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	2.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	2.00	3.00	1.50	0.50	0
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	2
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	2.50	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - University can't hold off Central

February 26, 2022: Newark, NJ 07108

The Central Blue Devils basketball team scored 72 points and held the host University Phoenix to 68 in the Blue Devils non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Blue Devils now sport a 21-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Parsippany for a non-league contest on Monday, February 28. Central will battle a Redhawks team coming off a 48-42 non-league win over Parsippany Hills (Parsippany, NJ). The Redhawks record now stands at 10-11.

Players of the Game

University (21-22)

University has not selected any Players of the Game.

Central (21-22)

Congratulations to #3 Za’morian Singleton for being selected the Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

University (21-22)

NJ	Div.
86	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-10	3-6	6-4	4-5	2-1	.545	.333	1,356	1,301

Central (21-22)

NJ	Div.
19	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
28-6	9-3	10-2	7-2	11-2	.824	.750	2,281	1,942

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
University	13.6	15.6	17.0	15.6	-	61.6
Central	15.9	16.0	16.7	18.3	16.0	67.1

Head-to-Head

Central won on 1/4/2022

1/4 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central 13 13 19 12 57
University 11 16 15 14 56

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against University (Newark, NJ) by a score of 57-56.
Box score
Central won on 2/1/2022

2/1 @ 7a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 15 14 29 18 76
Central 20 30 32 17 99

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 99-76.
Box score
Central won on 2/12/2022

2/12 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 14 8 18 15 55
Central 13 19 8 17 57

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away tournament game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 57-55.
Box score
Central won on 2/26/2022

2/26 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 14 19 16 19 68
Central 14 21 18 19 72

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference tournament game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 72-68.
Box score

1/4 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	13	13	19	12	57
University	11	16	15	14	56

2/1 @ 7a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	15	14	29	18	76
Central	20	30	32	17	99

2/12 @ 1p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	14	8	18	15	55
Central	13	19	8	17	57

Team Stat Comparison

University		Central
-	Points Per Game	60.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
-	Assists Per Game	11.5
-	Steals Per Game	8.4
-	Blocks Per Game	3.5

Team Leaders

University		Central	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#33 Jakai Irby15.9	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Za’morian Singleton9.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Hazir Lee3.0	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Hazir Lee2.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#33 Jakai Irby1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
University	6-5		Central	11-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/6/22	Irvington	University	(W) 66-60	1/18/22	Irvington	Central	(W) 80-61
				2/17/22	Central	Irvington	(W) 66-50
1/11/22	University	Columbia	(L) 83-65	12/17/21	Columbia	Central	(W) 72-63
2/5/22	University	Columbia	(W) 58-55	1/20/22	Central	Columbia	(W) 64-50
2/8/22	Columbia	University	(L) 61-42
1/13/22	East Side	University	(L) 69-68	12/21/21	Central	East Side	(W) 77-71
2/10/22	University	East Side	(W) 67-60	1/25/22	East Side	Central	(W) 82-67
2/21/22	University	East Side	(W) 67-55
1/20/22	University	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 86-44	1/6/22	Seton Hall Prep	Central	(L) 52-50
				2/3/22	Central	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 63-57
				2/19/22	Central	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 60-55
1/22/22	University	Barringer	(W) 72-51	2/13/22	Barringer	Central	(W) 70-45
1/25/22	Immaculate Conception	University	(W) 53-50	1/11/22	Central	Immaculate Conception	(L) 59-47
				2/8/22	Immaculate Conception	Central	(W) 76-66
				2/15/22	Immaculate Conception	Central	(W) 68-56
3/5/22	West Side	University	(L) 53-42	1/22/22	West Side	Central	(W) 60-54
				2/21/22	West Side	Central	(W) 72-65

Record Breakdown

University (21-22)		Central (21-22)
12-10	Overall	28-6
5-7	League	10-3
1-0	Non-League	7-1
0-4	Head to Head	4-0
6-5	Common Opponent	11-4
6-4	Home	10-2
4-5	Away	7-2
2-1	Neutral	11-2
3-1	Playoff	6-1
12-10	In-State	28-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0