PASSAIC COUNTY TOURNAMENT RESULTS: PASSAIC AND KENNEDY MOVE ON!
Hoop Journal went to two of the four Passaic County Tournament games and saw Passaic and Kennedy move into the semi-finals!
PASSAIC 54 PASSAIC COUNTY TECH 51
Senior Matt Cancel(pictured) hit a three point shot with no time remaining to lift Passaic to a 54-51 win over Passaic County Tech! It was the third”triple of the game for the reserve player as he scored 11 points! Three other Indians scored in double figures as Senior Rashaan Johnson led the scoring with 13 points while Senior’s Gervon Williams and Azziah Miller each scored 11 points! Williams also had 6 steals, including a key one late in the game that resulted in Passaic taking a three point lead on a layup by Senior Marquis Stephens! Senior Isaac Williams drained a “triple with 1:24 left in the game to tie the score at 51! Passaic held the ball and called time with 19 seconds left! Tech made a defensive play that seemed to thwart the play, but a hustle play in the backcourt by Stephens made the shot possible as he grabbed it and threw it to Cancel deep on the wing for the game winner! Tech was led by Junior Brevon Brevard with 16 points and Junior Zaheem Beal with 13 points! They will face Eastside in the semi finals!
KENNEDY 72 WAYNE VALLEY 59
Freshman Alphonso Gee(pictured) scored 23 points, going 11-15 from the free throw line with 5 steals and Senior Hassan Townes scored 13 points and 7 steals as Kennedy forced turnover after turnover in the 1st half to beat Wayne Valley 72-59! Kennedy had 15 steals in the 1st half but only had a 34-26 lead because they struggled converting the steals to buckets! Their pressure continued in the 2nd half and evetually wore Valley down! Senior Justin Kinchen had a big game on the boards with 15 rebounds to go with his 8 points! Sophomore Jalani Morris added 12 points for Kennedy! Wayne Valley was led by Junior Jordan Walode with 12 points on four”triples”, Senior Josh Rigoglioso with 11 points and Senior Andrew Keane with 10 points and 8 rebounds! Kennedy will face DePaul in the Semifinals!
OTHER RESULTS:
EASTSIDE 48 HAWTHORNE CHRISTIAN 43——- Leading 30-28 going into the 4th quarter Senior Jetor Brown scored 12 of Eastside’s 18 points in the quarter on the way to a tough 48-43 win over Hawthorne Christian! Senior Quatt’ier Jackson added 8 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Ghosts! Junior Alex Thomas led Hawthorne Christian with 24 points and Junior Jake Hart added 11!
DEPAUL 58 PASSAIC VALLEY 48———– Senior Sanders Green scored 20 points and Senior Josh Marquez added 15 points in DePaul’s 58-48 victory over Passaic Valley! P.V. cut the lead to 3 in the 4th but DePaul went 10-13 from the foul line down the stretch!