PASSAIC DEFEATS PASSAIC VALLEY 64-59!

Little Falls,N.J……Passaic used a balanced attack from Senior’s Rashaan Johnson, Marquise Stephens, Aziah Miller and Gervon Williams to beat Passaic Valley  64-59! Johnson(#4) scored 15 points,grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked 4 shots and had 4 steals, Stephens(#3) led the scoring with 18 points, including 4 big”triples” in the contest, Miller(#2) finished with 16 points and went 5 of 6 from the line down the stretch to ice the game and Williams(21) ran the offense enroute to an 11 point,8 assist night! The game was close, but Passaic seemed to take control at the end of the 3rd getting ahead by as much as 14 and finishing the quarter up 50-39! But Passaic Valley which is a scrappy team would not go away in the 4th and closed the lead to two 58-56 on a layup by Freshman guard Jihad Wright with 1:27 left in the game! Miller hit two free throws to give Passaic a 60-56 lead with 1:00 left and after a Valley miss made two more free throws to give the Indians a 62-56 advantage with 44.7 left! Passaic Valley was led by Junior Stefan Minic with 15 points, Senior Ian Hanley with 10 and a double-double 10 point, 10 rebound game from Sophomore Shawn Ulrich! Passaic is now on a 4 game winning streak and play Dickinson in the Coaches vs Cancer Event Saturday at Kennedy H.S. while Passaic Valley will go up against Bergen Catholic in the same event!