Kennedy again brought the pressure in their 88-64 blowout of DePaul and limited star player Justin Crosgile to 21 points, with most coming with the outcome decided. Shondell Stewart led Kennedy with 26 points, Asmar Edwards added 19 points and 7 assists and Dawon Lighty dropped in 12 as the Knights took a 23-9 1st quarter lead and never looked back, at one point leading by 34 points at the end of the 3rd quarter. Matthew Miller had 11 for Depaul and freshman Davon Jacobs showed a promising future with 6 points.

David Robertson-West and Karon Abraham combined for 56 points as this dynamic duo held off a late run by West Milford H.S. to win 84-76. West finished with 36 points as he muscled has way to the basket time and time again. Abraham meanwhile, finished with 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals and made the smart decision throughout. Eastside has won 6 straight since starting the season losing their first 4 games. They meet Passaic H.S. tomorrow. West Milford fought the whole way and cut a 10 point lead to 5 with 2:02 seconds left on a Jason Sofman (17 pts. 8 rebs.) three and a Chad Houser (29 pts. 8 rebs.) two. The Ghost held on by making free throws late and getting a lay up off an Abraham steal. Bryant Lewis (12 pts., 5 assts., 3stls.) and Allen Dantzler (10 pts. 9 rebs.) each played solid individual games.

No one denies the talent! There’s plenty on the roster, but the memo on Paterson Catholic is ” Get grimey and they will back down.” Tonight was a different story in their 81-71 defeat of Thomas Jefferson(N.Y.) Highschool and if the Cougars come with this type of passion every night, they have a great chance to repeat as county champs. Thomas Jefferson H.S., led by senior sensation Keith Spellman took it to P.C. in the first half as they took a 12 point lead into intermission and seemed to get to every loose ball and rebound. Spellman (24 pts.,5 rebs., 5 stls.,) and junior Marcus Romain (19 pts., 4 stls.) led the first half assault for Thomas Jefferson, but as inept as they looked in the 1st half , P.C. looked that good in the 2nd. The Cougars came out like gang busters in the 3rd quarter and after a tongue lashing from coach Damon Wright, played with a sense of purpose. Fuquan Edwin (24 pts., 7 rebs.), Myles Mack (13 pts., 7 assts.), Jayon James (12 pts., 5 rebs., 5assts.) and T.J. Clemmings (12 pts., 9 rebs., 4 blks.) all played fantastic halves, with Edwin scoring his 1,000th point in the 3rd. The difference however, was dictated by the play of  6′ 6″ freshman Kyle Anderson, who took over at the point and played beyond his years. He scored 7 points and 5 assists plus blocked 3 shots. More importantly, Anderson committed only one turnover in the second half and helped initiate the ball movement as the sharing of the rock became contagious and a few times ending with an Edwin or a James layup or a Clemmings monster dunk. P.C. took a 61-60 3rd quarter lead then outscored T.J. 20-11 in the 4th. Sophomore Joel Wright finished with 15 points and 8 rebounds for Thomas Jefferson H.S.