Belleville had lost ten straight on the road, but on Friday they dropped down to 1-16 to make it 11. They took a 56-41 bruising from the Newark Central Blue Devils. The Buccaneers were not able to make up for their defeat to the Blue Devils from their previous meeting back in February of 2020.
As for Newark Central, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15. The matchup marked their most dominant win of the season.
Newark Central found their leader in sophomore Deon Willis, who shot 40% from the field to rack up 21 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. The Blue Devils are 3-1 when Willis posts 20 or more points, but 1-14 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Yasyn Diggs-Saleem, who dropped a double-double with ten points and 11 boards.
Coming up, Belleville will square off against West Caldwell Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Newark Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 64-44 loss against Newark Academy on the 2nd.
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