On Saturday, Global Studies ended up a good deal behind the Newark Central Blue Devils and lost 48-31. The match marked Global Studies' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Newark Central was led to victory by Malachi Thomas and Ibrahim Shareef. Thomas went 8 of 13 en route to 21 points along with eight rebounds and five assists, while Shareef posted eight points in addition to eight steals and five assists. That's the most points Thomas has posted since back in December of 2024. Deon Willis was another key player, putting up ten points.
Global Studies' loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Newark Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-12 record this season.
Global Studies will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Newark Central at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. As for Newark Central, they will host Orange at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Newark Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.1 points per game this season.
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