Passaic County Tournament: Kennedy and Paterson Catholic In Finals

                                              Stewart and Kennedy Rout Depaul 85-70

  Kennedy is on a roll again and Shondel Stewart is playing the best basketball in the area. The Knights pressure defense and fast paced play was too much for DePaul to handle as the knights rolled to a 85-70 win to go into the Passaic County Finals against Paterson Catholic and Stewart is using a calculator after scoring 37 points. This, after putting up 34 against Eastside the game before. His 12 points in the 1st quarter helped Kennedy go on a 9-2 run after being tied at 11. They never looked back. Asmar Edwards again had a strong game scoring 20 points and 8 rebounds, but more importantly harassing  DePaul’s Justin Crosgile. Crosgile was limited to 16 points with most coming late. Edwards and Antoine Alexander (14 pts.) stayed up on him from start to finish. The Knights led by as much as 22 in the third. Matt Miller led DePaul with 18 while Wally Siljame added 15.  Sophomore Zaire  Young started in place of Kennedy’s playmaker Daquere Hayes (injured left hand) and played a solid floor game orchestrating the offense for the Knights. His five assists and leadership offset the loss of Hayes.   

James Leads P.C. Over Eastside 63-55

     Jayon James offense and Fuquan Edwin’s defense helped propel Paterson Catholic into the Passaic County Tournament Final with a 63-55 win. James had perhaps his best offensive game of the year, scoring 25 points and dishing out 5 assists. Edwin meanwhile, was assigned to follow Eastside’s Karon Abraham. P.C. played a box and one on Abraham and limited him to 3 points in the first half and 11 points for the game. Fuquan also added 12 points and 6 rebounds. Eastside struggled with P.C.’s length on offense as they would see a lineup with 4 people 6’5″ or better and could not get to the bucket. Dave Robertson-West willed his way to 24 points. Bryant Lewis added 9 points. Sophomore Myles Mack added 8 points and 4 assists for P.C. as his team maintained a 8 to 14 point lead throughout.