Essex County Tournament Standouts Prelim Round Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday saw a number of preliminary games for the Essex County Tournament take place, one of a number of county and regional tournaments either going on or set to go on in New Jersey this season. This article is going to discuss some of the standout performances from Monday's games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='583761' first='Daziya' last='Hudson'] - Science Park (2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hudson has shown a lot of consistency for Science Park this season and on Monday, that consistency came up big, scoring a team-high 15 points along with five rebounds, two assists, a block and four steals. Really strong all-around performance as the Chargers took care of business in a 12-point win. If they want to move on in the tournament, big performances from Hudson will do just that.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='325198' first='Kahmiyah' last='Napier'] - Newark East Side (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Whenever you get a triple-double, your name immediately deserves to be recognized, and Napier did just that on Monday, finishing with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, not to mention 3 three-pointers, a pair of blocks and four steals to go with that incredible performance. East Side easily took care of business against West Caldwell Tech, and Napier stood on business for the Red Raiders.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='871344' first='Jazlyn' last='Fabre-Hidalgo'] - Newark East Side (2026) </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fabre-Hidalgo has had her fair share of double-doubles and triple-doubles this season, even recording a quadruple-double with 10 steals against Irvington on Jan. 13. However, Monday's performance might have trumped all of that, finishing with a career-high 26 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and seven steals. She was on her game on Monday and went crazy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Samiyah Polite - Newark Lab (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coming into Monday's game, Polite had three 20-point performances on the year, but she wanted to add a fourth to her resume. The senior finished with 21 points, knocking down two three-pointers in the process as Newark Lab blew out American History by nearly 40 points in total. Her success has continued from last year into this season, really impressive overall.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='666907' first='Ariel' last='Walker'] - North Star Academy (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Walker hasn't just been consistent this season, but she's been consistently dominant for North Star Academy, putting up another banner performance on Monday with a 20-point, 15-rebound double-double in a 45+ point win over Shabazz. That's her first double-double with those stats in her career, and she added on a block and two steals just for the fun of it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='488735' first='Salange' last='Bell'] - Montclair Kimberley (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We decided to go with a pick here highlighting defensive prowess more than offensive skill as Bell had a career-high 22 rebounds in a dominant show on the boards like we just haven't seen on this team this season. She finished with seven points, two assists, a block and a steal as well, but those rebounds more than made the difference in an 18-point win for MKA.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->