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South River Metuchen

Rams

Bulldogs

The Metuchen (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against South River (NJ) by a score of 74-66.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
South River	13	16	24	21	74
Metuchen	15	11	18	22	66

Final score provided by J. Cardillo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Metuchen (23-24)

South River

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	25	44	57	68
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	8	3	4	75	100
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	2	1	2	50	50
15	Anthony Costa (So)	15	5	7	71	107
24	Ethan Torres (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
33	Nate Grospe (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	40	13	26	50	54

Metuchen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	24	58	41	47
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	32	15	21	71	76
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	2	6	33	42
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	8	2	12	17	21
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	5	1	8	13	19
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	9	2	7	29	36
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	5	2	2	100	100

South River

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	10	23	43	12	16	75	15	21	71
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	8	2	3	67	0	0	0	1	1	100
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
15	Anthony Costa (So)	15	5	7	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ethan Torres (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
33	Nate Grospe (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	40	2	11	18	12	16	75	11	15	73

Metuchen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	6	20	30	12	18	67	18	38	47
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	32	2	4	50	0	0	0	13	17	76
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	1	2	50	2	4	50	1	4	25
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	8	1	5	20	3	4	75	1	7	14
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	5	1	5	20	2	2	100	0	3	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	9	1	3	33	4	4	100	1	4	25
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	4	25	2	2	100

South River

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	72	2	10	12	14	6	1	15	18
0	Pablo Melgarejo (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	8	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	5
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	2	1	3	4	1			1	3
15	Anthony Costa (So)	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
24	Ethan Torres (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Nate Grospe (Sr)	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	40	1	4	5	9	4	0	2	3

Metuchen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	17	16	33	15	6	22	19
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	32	3	3	6	0	0	4	0
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	4	2	6	4	1	3	3
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	8	3	5	8	5	3	3	4
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	5	1	2	3	0	0	2	3
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	9	4	1	5	1	1	5	4
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	5	1	3	4	0	1	1	3

South River

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.93	0.40	0.33	0.06	0
2	Eddie Herrera (Jr)	0.50	0.25	0.20	0.00
13	Q. Hamilton (So)	1.00
15	Anthony Costa (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25
33	Nate Grospe (Sr)	0.50	0.25	1.00	0.00
45	Alex Grospe (Jr)	4.50	2.00	1.33	0.00	0

Metuchen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.68	0.27	0.32	1	13
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	4
2	Matt Smith (So)	1.33	0.33	0.33	0	1
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	1.67	1.00	0.75	0	0
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	2.50	0.00	0.00	0	2
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	0.20	0.20	0.25	0	5
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	1	1

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - South River thwarts Metuchen

December 15, 2023: Metuchen, NJ 08840

The South River Rams (South River, NJ) basketball knocked off the host Metuchen Bulldogs (Metuchen, NJ), 74-63 in Friday's league test.

The Rams (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Sayreville (Parlin, NJ). The Bombers go into the non-league test with a 1-0 record. In their last test, Sayreville notched a victory over Edison (Edison, NJ), 67-55, in a league test.

The Bulldogs now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Highland Park for a non-league test on Saturday, December 16. Metuchen will encounter a Owls squad coming off a 79-44 league win over Somerset Tech (Bridgewater, NJ). The Owls record now stands at 1-0.

South River @ Metuchen Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 15, 2023 @ 6p

The Metuchen (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against South River (NJ) by a score of 74-66.

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

1/17 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Metuchen	10	11	4	22	47
South River	7	23	14	13	57

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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