STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Got scoring?
Staten Island surely does and as it currently stands, there are 26 varsity high school basketball players who are averaging at least 10.0 points per game as of Thursday.
Only two of the current scoring leaders average 20-plus points per game and not surprisingly, those players are 1-2 for the most points scored in one game during the 2025-26 season.
And, by the way, the top two guys are only separated by 0.8 points.
Two of the Island’s 14 teams have three players apiece in the top 26 while eight others have at least two.
Think you know who made the grade with less than two weeks left before the start of the 33rd annual SIHSL Tournament? Scroll down to see the Advance/SILive.com’s first list of the season, in descending order.
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26.Danny O’Connor (CSIM)
Games: 18
Points: 180
Average: 10.0 ppg
Double-digit games: 9
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 20
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25.Darin Humes-James (Susan Wagner)
Games: 20
Points: 206
Average: 10.3 ppg
Double-digit games: 10
20-or-more points: 0
High game: 19
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23 (tie).Nick DeGrado (Moore)
Games: 13
Points: 136
Average: 10.5 ppg
Double-digit games: 7
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 20
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23 (tie).Jayden Faulkner (Curtis)
Games: 17
Points: 178
Average: 10.5 ppg
Double-digit games: 10
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 25
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22.Charlies Gambino (Susan Wagner)
Games: 20
Points: 217
Average: 10.9 ppg
Double-digit games: 13
20-or-more points: 0
High game: 16 (three times)
Susan Wagner senior Charles Gambino (23) scored a season-high 16 points three different times during the 2025-26 campaign.(Advance/SILive.com | Jason Paderon)
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21.Terence Legrand (MSIT)
Games: 18
Points: 200
Average: 11.1 ppg
Double-digit games: 10
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 20
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19 (tie).Elias Souleidis (Tottenville)
Games: 19
Points: 214
Average: 11.3 ppg.
Double-digit games: 11 ppg
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 23
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19 (tie).Patrick Tucker (CSIM)
Games: 19
Points: 215
Average: 11.3 ppg
Double-digit games: 12
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 22 (twice)
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17 (tie).Danny Garcia (Tottenville)
Games: 14
Points: 169
Average: 12.1 ppg
Double-digit games: 6
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 30
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17 (tie).Nico Parlanti (St. Peter’s)
Games: 15
Points: 181
Average: 12.1 ppg
Double-digit games: 9
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 21
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16.Ryan Handley (Farrell)
Games: 15
Points: 184
Average: 12.3 ppg
Double-digit games: 11
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 24
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15.Mehki Hines (Port Richmond)
Games: 11
Points: 146
Average: 13.2 ppg
Double-digit games: 8
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 24
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14.Omari Onwe (New Dorp)
Games: 17
Points: 226
Average: 13.3 ppg
Double-digit games: 13
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 29
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13.JJ Yates (Farrell)
Games: 16
Points: 216
Average: 13.5 ppg
Double-digit games: 13
20-or-more points: 1
High game: 22
Monsignor Farrell senior JJ Yates (5) is averaging 13.5 points per game in 16 contests so far.(Advance/SILive.com | Annie De Biase)
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12.Armani Perez (Eagle SI)
Games: 19
Points: 261
Average: 13.7 ppg
Double-digit games: 14
20-or-more points: 5
High game: 29
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11.Sergio Batista (New Dorp)
Games: 17
Points: 240
Average: 14.1 ppg
Double-digit games: 12
20-or-more points: 2
High game: 23
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10.Eenej Vinson (Moore)
Games: 13
Points: 185
Average: 14.2 ppg
Double-digit games: 10
20-or-more points: 3
High game: 25
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9.Luke DeVito (SIA)
Games: 16
Points: 245
Average: 15.3 ppg
Double-digit games: 13
20-or-more points: 3
High game: 28
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8.Nizayah Jordan (MSIT)
Games: 17
Points: 279
Average: 16.4 ppg
Double-digit games: 10
20-or-more points: 5
High game: 42
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6 (tie).Kareem Nesbitt (Petrides)
Games: 16
Points: 284
Average: 17.8 ppg
Double-digit games: 13
20-or-more points: 5
High game: 32
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6 (tie).Gabe Moschella (SIA)
Games: 16
Points: 285
Average: 17.8 ppg
Double-digit games: 15
20-or-more points: 3
High game: 25
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5.Makhiye Washington (Curtis)
Games: 17
Points: 306
Average: 18.0 ppg
Double-digit games: 15
20-or-more points: 7
High game: 29
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4.Danny Nowak (SIA)
Games: 16
Points: 303
Average: 18.9 ppg
Double-digit games: 14
20-or-more points: 8
High game: 30
Staten Island Academy senior point guard Danny Nowak (1) has scored 303 points through 16 games this season.(Advance/SILive.com | Charlie De Biase Jr.)
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3.Nick Rebracca (Sea)
Games: 16
Points: 305
Average: 19.1 ppg
Double-digit games: 16
20-or-more points: 7
High game: 28
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2.Chris Albano (Susan Wagner)
Games: 20
Points: 412
Average: 20.6 ppg
Double-digit games: 18
20-or-more points: 10
High game: 41
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1.Daynell Rowland (Petrides)
Games: 15
Points: 321
Average: 21.4 ppg
Double-digit games: 14
20-or-more points: 5
High game: 42
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