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Metuchen South River

Bulldogs

Rams

The South River (NJ) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 57-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Metuchen	10	11	4	22	47
South River	7	23	14	13	57

Final score provided by J. Cardillo.

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Game Stats

South River (23-24)

Metuchen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	18	56	32	34
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	17	7	15	47	50
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	3	10	30	35
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	6	2	10	20	20
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	13	5	13	38	38
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25

South River

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	54	16
0	Anthony Costa (So)	5	2
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	2
4	Nate Grospe (Sr)	4
12	Ethan Torres (Sr)	2	1
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	3
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	38	13

Metuchen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	2	21	10	9	13	69	16	35	46
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	17	1	6	17	2	4	50	6	9	67
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	1	6	17	0	0	0	2	4	50
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	7	29
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	0	2	0	2	3	67	0	0	0
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	13	0	4	0	3	4	75	5	9	56
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2							1	4	25

South River

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	54	6	16	22	73	10
0	Anthony Costa (So)	5	1				1
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	2		2	2	100
4	Nate Grospe (Sr)	4		4	7	57
11	Pablo Melgarejo (Sr)	0		0	2	0
12	Ethan Torres (Sr)	2					1
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	3		3	4	75
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	38	5	7	7	100	8

Metuchen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	7	22	29	10	9	1	18	16
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	17	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	3
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	1	5	6	2	3		5	2
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	6	4	4	8	4	3		3	4
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	0	1	1	2	1			2
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	13	1	5	6	1	1	1	4	4
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2	1	4	5				3

South River

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	54	27	7	9	3
0	Anthony Costa (So)	5	3		1
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	2	4		1
4	Nate Grospe (Sr)	4	4	3	2	0
11	Pablo Melgarejo (Sr)	0	5	1	1
12	Ethan Torres (Sr)	2	3			1
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	3	2
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	38	6	3	4	2

Metuchen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.56	0.50	0.56	0.06	2	15	0
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00	0	3
2	Matt Smith (So)	0.40	0.60	1.50		1
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	1.33	1.00	0.75			4
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		2
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)			0.50			3
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25		3
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)					1

Misc Totals

South River has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - South River nips Metuchen

January 17, 2024: South River, NJ 08882

Fans at Wednesday's league challenge between the South River Rams (South River, NJ) and the visiting Metuchen Bulldogs (Metuchen, NJ), saw South River's basketball squad hold off Metuchen by a count of 54-47.

With the victory, South River advances its record to 6-7 on the season. The Rams travel to Spotswood (Spotswood, NJ) to encounter the Chargers in a Greater Middlesex - Blue test on Friday, January 19. The Chargers go into the test with a record of 8-5. Spotswood won 61-49 in their recent league test against Carteret (Carteret, NJ)

The Bulldogs now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they travel to J.P. Stevens for a non-league test on Saturday, January 20. Metuchen will encounter a Hawks squad coming off a 58-39 non-league win over Academy for Urban Leadership Charter (Perth Amboy, NJ). The Hawks record now stands at 8-6.

Rankings & Records

Metuchen (23-24)

NJ	Div.
337	71

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-14	5-8	5-5	5-8	2-1	.462	.385	1,390	1,322

South River (23-24)

NJ	Div.
322	65

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
14-14	8-7	5-5	6-6	3-3	.500	.533	1,582	1,636

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Metuchen	12.6	11.9	13.5	15.2	7.0	53.5
South River	10.2	13.2	14.0	13.8	-	56.5

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Head-to-Head

South River won on 12/15/2023

12/15 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

South River 13 16 24 21 74
Metuchen 15 11 18 22 66

The South River (NJ) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 74-66.
Box score
South River won on 1/17/2024

1/17 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Metuchen 10 11 4 22 47
South River 7 23 14 13 57

The Metuchen (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against South River (NJ) by a score of 57-47.
Box score

12/15 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
South River	13	16	24	21	74
Metuchen	15	11	18	22	66

Team Stat Comparison

Metuchen		South River
52.8	Points Per Game	56.5
29.8	Rebounds Per Game	18.1
11.1	Assists Per Game	10.5
9.2	Steals Per Game	6.7
0.7	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Metuchen		South River	National Avg.
#0 Jason Woods13.5	Points Per Game	#45 Alex Grospe29.7	4.9
#25 Ben Santus5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#45 Alex Grospe4.4	2.6
#4 Cameron Hayes-durina3.4	Assists Per Game	#45 Alex Grospe5.7	1.0
#4 Cameron Hayes-durina1.8	Steals Per Game	#45 Alex Grospe3.9	0.8
#5 Ilio jr Krumins-beens0.2	Blocks Per Game	#0 Anthony Costa0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Metuchen	6-7		South River	8-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/23	Metuchen	Highland Park	(W) 64-53	2/3/24	South River	Highland Park	(W) 69-58
				2/10/24	South River	Highland Park	(W) 76-43
12/20/23	Metuchen	Spotswood	(L) 71-54	12/18/23	Spotswood	South River	(L) 85-55
1/22/24	Spotswood	Metuchen	(L) 78-62	1/27/24	South River	Spotswood	(L) 80-53
				1/27/24	South River	Spotswood	(W) 0-0 (F)
12/22/23	Metuchen	Timothy Christian	(L) 77-50	12/20/23	South River	Timothy Christian	(L) 73-58
1/24/24	Timothy Christian	Metuchen	(L) 60-40	1/22/24	Timothy Christian	South River	(L) 76-44
1/3/24	Metuchen	Wardlaw Hartridge	(W) 64-25	12/22/23	Wardlaw Hartridge	South River	(W) 74-44
1/26/24	Wardlaw Hartridge	Metuchen	(W) 59-28	1/24/24	South River	Wardlaw Hartridge	(W) 73-29
1/5/24	Middlesex	Metuchen	(L) 58-52	1/3/24	South River	Middlesex	(L) 77-41
1/29/24	Metuchen	Middlesex	(L) 57-46	1/26/24	Middlesex	South River	(W) 58-51
1/6/24	Carteret	Metuchen	(W) 54-37	1/10/24	Carteret	South River	(L) 53-51
1/12/24	Carteret	Metuchen	(L) 61-44	2/1/24	South River	Carteret	(L) 61-43
1/10/24	Kennedy Memorial	Metuchen	(W) 57-33	1/8/24	South River	Kennedy Memorial	(W) 63-38
1/27/24	Metuchen	Kennedy Memorial	(W) 49-46	1/31/24	Kennedy Memorial	South River	(W) 62-48

Record Breakdown

Metuchen (23-24)		South River (23-24)
12-14	Overall	14-14
5-8	League	8-7
7-3	Non-League	6-6
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-7	Common Opponent	8-7
5-5	Home	5-5
5-8	Away	6-6
2-1	Neutral	3-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-14	In-State	14-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0