Eastside Upends Passaic County Tech 65-60!

Wayne……..Senior Ky’re Jackson, Junior DeAndre Noble and Senior David Burgos combined for 49 points to lead Eastside to a 65-60 win over Passaic County Tech! All county guard Brandon James made his comeback for Tech after being out a month due to a torn ligament in his thumb! He started the game with a”triple” but got in foul trouble and had to sit the majority of the 1st half! Eastside took a 6 point lead 28-22 into the half as they held the ball for 1:51 seconds at the end of the 2nd quarter because Tech would not come out of a zone defense! The Ghosts ended the quarter as Noble hit a baseline jumper with 2 seconds on the clock! Tech kept making runs in the 2nd half but each time Eastside held them off! P.C.T. put in star guard Xavier Nieves who for some unknown reason didn’t play the 1st half but even that wasn’t going to keep the Ghosts from achieving their goal! Junior Shackquiel Scott help cut the lead to 56-53 on a put back dunk, but Eastside kept them at bay behind Burgos who controlled the game at the point and helped make the game easy for his teammates! Burgos(#10) filled the stat sheet up with 14 points,9 assists and 5 rebounds while Jackson(#21) finished with 18 points and 6 rebounds and Noble(#3) added 17 points and 6 boards! James led the scoring along with Sophomore Isaac Williams with 13 points and Scott scored 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds for Tech!