Newark Central was the 55-43 winner over East Side when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Newark Central Blue Devils fell 52-45 to the East Side Red Raiders on Tuesday. The loss leaves the Blue Devils without a win on the season.
| 01/14/25 vs East Side | 2 |
| 12/20/24 vs Columbia | 1 |
| 02/15/24 vs Patrick School | 1 |
| 02/04/24 vs Kennedy | 1 |
| 01/30/24 vs East Side | 1 |
Newark Central lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Drean Aikins, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 boards. The dominant performance also gave Aikins a new career-high in steals (two). Yam'Bya Ndaw was another key player, dropping a double-double on 11 rebounds and ten blocks.
Newark Central's record is now 0-8. As for East Side, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-3.
Newark Central and East Side could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps New Jersey Rankings. Newark Central will square off against Irvington at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday down 225 places (345 vs. 120). Meanwhile, East Side (ranked 207th) will meet Newark Collegiate Academy (ranked 62nd) at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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