PASSAIC COUNTY RESULTS: #1 SEED EASTSIDE AND #2 SEED DEPAUL REACH “CHIP’!

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Kennedy H.S., Paterson, N.J….. It’s #1 seed vs. #2 seed as Eastside and DePaul advance to the Passaic County Championship!

 

 

 

 

                                                                                               EASTSIDE 69      PASSAIC  43

 

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Sophomore Asem Johnson scored 34 points and Senior guard Jetor Brown scored 20 points and dished out 9 assists as Eastside started the 3rd quarter on a 11-0 run to take control of the game in a 69-43 win over Passaic! Eastside’s guard play was superior to Passaic , but the Indians also had problems keeping the Ghosts off the boards! Johnson scored 22 points in the 1st half as he continued to be the finisher on a bunch of Eastside fastbreaks! Brown was the main distributor as he had 7 of his assists in the half! The game got away from Passaic early in the 3rd as the 11-0 Eastside run put them up 42-23 and they finished the 3rd up 49-30! Passaic lone bright spot was the play of Senior Rahsaan Johnson who never let up and went hard the entire contest! He finished with 21 points,11 rebounds,3 blocked shots and 3 steals!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                             DEPAUL  68            KENNEDY 62

 

Kennedy held the lead for most of the game,but you could feel the momentum change and DePaul slowly walked them down! DePau003l Senior Sanders Green (pictured)scored 16 points and was a beast on the back boards with 22 rebounds! Senior Josh Marquez scored 19 points and dished out 6 assists and Junior Juwaun Carter scored all 18 of his points in the 2nd half after being in foul trouble in the 1st half and grabbed 7 rebounds! Kennedy held a 55-45 lead in the 4th quarter,but DePaul went on to outscore them 23-7 down the stretch! With 3:44 left in the game Carter’s two free throws gave DePaul their first lead since the 1st quarter 58-57! Marquez then had a steal and layup to give them a 60-57 lead and DePaul held on the rest of the way! DePaul’s superior effort on the boards proved to be Kennedy’s undoing as they outrebounded them 42-28! Freshman Alphonso Gee hit 6″triples” and scored 24 points for Kennedy and Sophomore Jailani Morris scored 14 points for the Knights!

 

 

 

 

NOTES: On a different note Senior Josh Marquez should be commended for wearing the #4 jersey! His regular # is 13 but he has been wearing 4 in honor of his teammate Travis Bligh who is lost for the season after blowing his knee out for the second time this year! A very classy move!