In a series of player profiles Hoop Journal sat down with Paterson Catholic sophomore Kyle Anderson, ranked one of the best players in the country in his class. A born leader on the court, he will be playing for a major D1 school when he finishes his highschool career!

Fun Facts :     Hgt : 6’7                    Wgt : 208

Nickname :    ”  Slow Motion “

AGE :  16                                         DOB :  September 20, 1993 

Parents :    Kyle  and   Suzanne

Siblings :    Brittany 20         Tai 25           Jamar  30             Duanne 32

Who Inspires You (non basketball) :    My Family

Favorite Basketball Team :  Sacramento Kings

Favorite Basketball Player :   Allan Iverson

Favorite Alltime  Sneaker  :   Jordan  6

Favorite Artist :  Treysongs

Hottest Song On Ipod :   All The Way Turned Up –  By : Travis Porter

Highschool Goals :  To win TOC and finish #1 in the country

Future Goals :  Play Division 1 basketball and hopefully get to the League 

Something People Would Be Surprise To Know About You :  Bought the” Hannah Montana” movie 

Favorite College Team  :  North Carolina Tarheels 

What Schools Are You Interested In Or Are Interested In you :   Not really interested in a particular school yet, but been offered by  Miami , LaSalle, Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh.

Paterson……….. Paterson Catholic started it’s defense of their County championship by cruising past Pompton Lakes 85-56. The game was never really in doubt, although there were moments where the Cougars looked disinterested which resulted in some sloppy play for U.S.A. Todays #8 ranked team. Junior Myles Mack (pictured )led P.C. with 14 points and 3 steals. Paterson Catholic went deep into it’s roster as everyone got minutes. 6’9  junior Derrick Randall   (12pts.,6rebs ) 6’6  freshman Reggie Cameron (11 pts.,5rebs, 4asts) and 6’4 senior Davon Daniels (10 pts.,3blks.) were the other double figure scorers in the game. 6’7 Sophomore Kyle Anderson was his regular stat sheet stuffer as he contributed 7 points,6 rebounds,6 assists a block and a steal in limited time. Pompton Lakes held their own in the 1st quarter trailing only 22-18, but PC took over the rest of the way. Pompton was led by Greg LoPorto’ s 16 points and 12rebounds. Larry Gelok and Chris Sudol each finished in double figures with 14 and 10 points respectively.

                                                                                       Other Passaic County Scores

   Kennedy – 75                    Hawthorne Christian –  33

Shondell Stewart  31                   Joshua Acosta  21

Passaic – 65                                 Lakeland – 31

Tyshon  Pickett  11                Jake McDonald  8

Passaic Valley –  95                    Clifton –  63

Dom Coiro  21                      Nick Lavender  21

Nick DiCristina 19

Mike Governali  14

 Wayne………. Junior Shakir Rhodes two free throws and senior Najee Salaam’s steal helped Passaic Highschool sneak out of DePaul Catholic with a 65-61 win. Passaic jumped out to an 11- 0 lead to start the game and put DePaul on it’s heels, but to their credit  the Spartans slowly chipped away by the end of the 1st quarter to make it a respectable 22-14 deficit. Passaic’s main threat came from senior forward Tyshon Pickett who scored 20 points in the contest to go with 9 rebounds and was virtually unguardable in certain situations. DePaul used a balanced attack to keep the game close led by senior Matt Miller’s 16 points. He got plenty of help from his mates as sophomore Davon Jacobs (13 pts., 7 rebs), seniors Keith Ford (12 pts.,9 rebs.) and Mike Minarik (11 pts) and freshman Joshua Marquez (7 pts., 5asts.) all had moments where they shined. Jacobs and Ford fought particularly hard on the boards against a bigger Passaic frontline. Salaam (pictured)  finished with 11 points and 6 rebounds and junior Andre Dixon added 11 points which included a ferocious two hand jam in the 4th quarter off a steal from sophomore guard Naji Mack. Depaul saw it’s first lead 24-23 on a Minarik layup in the 2nd quarter, but that quickly evaporated on a Pickett put back of his own missed shot. Passaic would hold the lead until with 24.5 seconds on the clock in the 4th Minarik got a layup and was fouled on the play. His free throw would tie the game at 61. That’s when Rhodes was fouled on a move to the basket and made both free throws to put Passaic back ahead 63-61 with 17.2 seconds on the clock. DePaul called time and milked the clock when Salaam got a hand on a pass and Pickett picked it up and was fouled with 5.2 on the clock. Pickett calmly sank both free throws to ice it.

Note: If this is a prelim to the Passaic County tournament it may end up wetting your whistle a little more than expected!