Jaden Pearson built just a solitary shot on Saturday, but it was a person he and his Irvington teammates will not quickly overlook.

Pearson, a sophomore, hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer – his only factors of the game – supplying Irvington a 69-66 victory in excess of Newark Tech in Newark. The buzzer beater was the ending touches on a wild comeback for Irvington (3-2), which trailed by 17 factors in the 2nd quarter.

Junior Sean Agard spear-headed the comeback as he erupted for a career-high 31 factors. Mutala Horne had 17 points with 8 rebounds and Zaheem Crawford included eight details, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Khalil Sanders finished with 14 details, nine rebounds and seven assists to direct the way for Newark Tech (1-1), which raced out to a 25-9 first quarter lead. Malcolm Bragg scored 17 factors with four helps, Kedar Turner had 12 points and Alvin Meronvil extra 8 details and 5 rebounds.

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