West Orange HS boys’ basketball team falls to Newark West Side in Essex County Tournament

WEST ORANGE – Senior forward Doug Hughes scored 14 points and senior forward Jeremiah Moore had 11 points but the 12th-seeded West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at fifth-seeded Newark West Side, 68-51, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 13.

Senior guard Patrick Jamison had 10 points; senior guard Chris Smith had six points; and sophomore point guard Nasheim Harte and junior guard Gabe Silvera each netted five points for the Mountaineers, who had their five-game winning streak snapped and moved to a 15-3 record.

In their previous game, Moore had a strong game with 25 points, 11 rebounds, six blocks and two steals to lead the Mountaineers to a 67-50 home win over 21st-seeded Livingston in the third preliminary round of the ECT on Feb. 10. Jamison had 16 points and two steals; Silvera had eight points, five assists and four rebounds; Hughes had seven points and five rebounds; Harte had seven points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals; and Smith added two points and six rebounds.

WOHS is the No. 3 seed in the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament and will host No. 14 seed Mount Olive in the first round on March 1.

North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament

First round

March 1

16-Belleville at 1-Union City

9-Kearny at 8-Montclair, 7

12-Passaic at 5-Eastside, 7

13-Ridgewood at 4-Hackensack, 7

14-Mount Olive at 3-West Orange, 7

11-Kennedy at 6-Morristown, 7

10- Morris Knolls at 7-Passaic Tech, 7

15-Livingston at 2-Randolph, 7