St. Anthony Senior Kyle Anderson, the #3 player in the country scored 20 points in a 78-21 blowout of Newark Central! His 4th point of the game gave Anderson(pictured) his 1,000th point of his illustrious career! The former Paterson Catholic star who has committed to U.C.L.A. has helped St.Anthony to improve to 3-0 for the season! Hoop Journal would like to congratulate Anderson on his accomplishment!

Teaneck, N.J……. Last year this time Hackensack shocked Teaneck on a late basket on it’s way to a shocking win! This year,Teaneck was not about to let that happen! Particularly Senior Chris Jones and Junior Neville Fincher! Jones came out the gate fast and put pressure on Hackensack offensively right from the jump! He scored 12 1st quarter points that helped give Teaneck a 22-9 lead at the end of the stanza and the Highwaymen never trailed! Meanwhile, Fincher(pictured) was also a presence inside from the start as he blocked or altered shot after shot that the Comets put up! Jones finished the game with 23 points and 4 rebounds and Fincher put up a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds to go along with 5 blocked shots! They got help from Junior Joel Hernandez and Junior Shakir Lindsey! Hernandez scored 21 points,grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 3 assists and had 5 steals! Point guard Lindsey controlled the tempo and dropped 8 dimes in the process! Hackensack made a run early in the 3rd when Sophomore Rashard Figures got three break away buckets! The lead was cut to 8 but again Teaneck went on another run to finish the 3rd up 19 points 55-36! Figures, who only had 4 points at intermission finished the game with 16 points to lead Hackensack! Senior Mershan Monroe had a very solid game for the Comets finishing with 15 points, 7 boards and 4 steals, while Junior Eugene Marshall also contributed 15 points!

Wayne, N.J………..DeAndre Noble-Haywood was involved in everything for Eastside in it’s 50- 37 win over Passaic County Tech! DeAndre scored 25 points,with 4 rebounds,6 assists and 5 steals for the Ghosts! He was relentless throughout having a part in all but 13 of Eastside’s 50 points! Noble-Haywood got to the basket at will and either completed the play or found a teammate to finish! Senior Kyr’e Jackson was the other Ghost in double figures with 11 points and also grabbed 6 boards! Tech who were careless with the ball throughout was led by Senior Aazaad Hinton with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals and Senior Shackquiel Scott who scored only 7 points but was huge on the glass with 13 rebounds! Tech had an early lead, but once the Ghosts took it they never relinguished it!