Eastside Dominates Hackensack 77-41!

Paterson, N.J……What happened in the Eastside-Hackensack game was surprising and shocking! While it’s not a surprise that Eastside won in the North 1 Group 4 State game, the way it happened and the final score of 77-41 was shocking! With about a minute left in the 1st half the score was tied at 26! Then the sequence which turned the game happened! Junior Quattier Jackson got a dunk off a turnover, another turnover happened and Senior Ky’re Jackson finished with a dunk, then Senior DeAndre Noble-Haywood blocked a dunk attempt off the backboard and Junior Jetor Brown went and knocked down a”triple”! That 7-0 run made the score 33-26 at the half and Eastside finished them off in the 3rd as from the moment of that surge at the end of the half until the end of the 3rd Eastside had went on a 26-4 run to end the quarter leading 52-30 and putting the game away! Senior DeAndre Noble-Haywood played brilliantly in the 2nd half scoring 16 of his 22 points with most coming in the 3rd quarter during the run! Senior Ky’re Jackson finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds as he was also a force throughout the game! But the key to the game may have been the play of Junior Jetor Brown and Senior Jordan Smith! Brown(pictured right) made Hackensack pay on nearly every open look he got as he scored 22 points with 4″triples” and Smith(left) was the most important player off the bench this game as he only scored a deuce but had 6 assists, 5 steals and 4 rebounds with most of his solid play happening in the most important part of the game! His pressure defense caused problems for the Comets up top! It helped hold star Junior point guard Chris Myers to only two free throws! Hackensack finished the season at 22-5 and was led in scoring by Junior Jamiek Moore with 14 points and Junior Keyon Lewis and Sophomore Rashard Figures with 9 points apiece! Eastside is now 25-2 and will  face Passaic County Tech which beat Wayne Valley 53-52 on a Isaac Williams layup at the buzzer at home for the North 1 Group 4 Sectional”CHIP”!