Kennedy H.S. Paterson, N.J……The game of the night featured the Bergen Comets and the Essex Terriors! The regular season in fallball league has a sudden death rule in which first team to go up 2 wins, in other words first basket wins! In this game, Essex ran a play and got Senior Yekeh Abel(right) a layup to end the contest 38-36 in overtime! Junior Jared Hall and Abelo each led the Terriors with 8 points! Bergen’s Gene Marshall finished with 18 points and Sophomore Rashard Figures added 11 points! In other action, the Silk City Knights defeated the Sparta Minutemen 63-49! Senior Sammy Singletary led the Knights with 14 points while Jamaar Ellerbee added 12 points! Senior Jaquan Bryant led the Minutemen with 15 points! Senior Paul Little scored 10 points and Sophomore Alex Thomas added 9 as the Hawthorne Defenders sneaked pass the Union City Players  36-33! Savon Williams led Union City with 14 points! Senior Aaron Boddie and Senior Jamal Reed each scored 11 points to help the Essex County Raiders defeat the Englewood Force!

Haverford School, Philadelphia, Pa………Friend Central’s Amile Jefferson came out the gate fast for Philly only to be matched by Seton Hall Prep’s Dallas Anglin for Jersey as the the 1st quarter ended in a 22 all tie! It was all Philly the rest of the way as Jefferson continued his high caliber play and got Constitution’s Savon Goodman and Boy’s Latin’s and Boston University commit Maurice Watson  to bring their games to the party with him as they combined for 66 points in a 98-74 win! While Anglin, the Hofstra University commit continued to play well the only real help he got came from St. Anthony and U.C.L.A. commit Kyle Anderson and new Miami University commit Melvin Johnson! Jefferson finished with 28 points and 8 boards, Goodman added 23 points and 6 rebounds and Watson finished with 15 points, 9 assists and 4 steals! Anglin finished with 25 points and 4 dimes while Anderson added 11 points,7 boards and 7 assists! Johnson showed up in the second half straight from his Miami visit to score 11 points in a short span! Philly also got 13 points from Constitution’s Daquan Walker and 12 points from Academy New Church’s Marcus Gilbert! Jefferson(right) and Anglin(pictured with J.R. Smith and Wayne Ellington) were voted M.V.P.’s of the game for their respective teams!

Haversford School, Philadelphia, Pa……… The Philadephia Juniors showed off an abundance of athletic ability,but the one thing they could not do was match the shooting of the New Jersey team as they connected on 11 “triples” in the game and had 6 players in double figures as they steamrolled Philly 114-90! In a total team effort Hudson Catholic’s Reggie Cameron led the assault, scoring 22 points(3 triples) and pulling down 9 boards! Princeton Day’s Davon Reed added 19 points(2 triples), Gill St.Bernards Jaren Sina scored 14 points(3 triples) and dished out 4 assists, Hudson Catholic’s Kavon Stewart  had a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists and Hudson Catholic’s Mike Young and Teaneck’s Joel Hernandez each scored 11 in the game! St. Anthony’s  duo of Hallice Cooke and Josh Brown each also played well scoring 8 and 7 points respectively with Cooke knocking down another 2″triples”! Philly was led by Roman Catholic’s Britton Lee with 16 points,Neuman Goretti’s Johnny Davis 14 points and St. Joseph Prep’s Miles Overton’s 13! Jersey led from the start getting three straight “triples” from Cameron, Sina and Reed to begin the contest and it was a foregone conclusion the rest of the way! Cameron(right) and Overton( with Kyrie Irving and Wayne Ellington) were their teams respective M.V.P.’s!