STATE PLAYOFF GAMES: PASSAIC, KENNEDY AND DEPAUL WIN!

Paterson, N.J……In a North 1 Group 4 State Playoff #9 Seed Passaic outlasted # 8 Seed Eastside 60-52! Senior Tyreek Smith scored 15 points and hit two straight key”triples” in the 3rd quarter and Senior Cameron Sylvester added 14 points and went 7-8 from the line down the stretch to seal the win! Eastside trailed by as much as fifteen 35-20 and cut the lead to as little as 5 in the 4th but defensive plays by Christian Ortiz and Eduard Pierrot helped Passaic go on a 6-2 run late! Senior Josh Cash led Eastside with 18 points and Junior Levi Holton finished with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals!

KENNEDY 67 WEST ORANGE 50

Senior Deishon Harrison scored 21 points, Sophomore Jay’Quan Briggs added 13, Senior Mark Heber chipped in 12 and Senior Jalen Hargrove finished with 10 points as Kennedy finally took control of the game late in the 4th and pulled away to a 67-50 win over West Orange in a North 1 Group 4 Playoff game! Micah Moore led West Orange with 13 points and Gustav Hall added 12!

DEPAUL 80 ST. MARY 61

Senior Anthony Corbo scored 33 points, Senior John O’Reilly added 16 and Freshman Irv Watkins chipped in 14 as DePaul defeated St. Mary(Ruth.) 80-61 in a North Non-Public B Playoff game! Senior Robbie Phillips led St. Mary with 26 points!