The Hackensack Comets lost against the St. Joseph Regional Green Knights back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Hackensack took a 58-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Joseph Regional. While losing is never fun, Hackensack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while St. Joseph Regional is ranked 32nd).
St. Joseph Regional was led to victory by Anthony Pacciarelli and Jahmir Joseph. Pacciarelli scored 15 points, while Joseph scored 20 points along with four steals. Joseph hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Chaz Gray was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with ten rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Hackensack and nudges their season record down to 10-14. As for St. Joseph Regional, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Hackensack does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Joseph Regional, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 61-55 defeat vs. Bergen Catholic on the 15th.
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