Eastside Overcomes A Tough Passaic Team 60-55!

Passaic, N.J…………The records mean nothing when certain teams get together! Passaic and Eastside are two of those teams! While Eastside looks to be a real player for the Group 4 “chip” Passaic is in a slight rebuilding year but of course they still come to play! Passaic actually led the majority of the game as Senior guards Naji Mack, Michael Brown and Darien Giles and Junior forward Rahsaan Johnson played a spirited game taking a 42-39 lead into the 4th quarter! But Eastside is a veteran squad that has been there before and they kept the pressure on! As usual they were led by Senior De’Andre Noble-Haywood(right) who is playing at a high level and scored 23 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and 3 steals! and Senior Ky’re Jackson(left) added 10 points and 8 boards, but the contributions of other players pushed the Ghosts over the top! Senior Shaquille Murphy played well defensively and scored 6 points and the backcourt of Junior Jetor Brown and Sophomore Donta Brewington! As the game went on this young backcourt began to match the play of Passaic’s guards! Brewington (Left side)hit a huge”triple” in the 4th to give the Ghosts a 41-38 lead and Brown(right side) knocked down a couple of free throws late to help secure the win! Noble-Haywood is the dude, but if he can get the help he got from his teammates in this game despite the closeness of the score, it can’t do anything but help the Ghosts! Johnson led Passaic with 14 points, while Brown(11pts,5stls), Mack(11pts,4asts) and Giles(10pts,3asts,4stls) all scored in double figures!