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Metuchen Highland Park

Bulldogs

Owls

The Highland Park (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 64-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Metuchen	15	21	9	19	64
Highland Park	14	15	10	14	53

Final score provided by S. CalPreps.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Metuchen (23-24)

Metuchen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	23	64	36	39
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	7	3	12	25	29
2	Matt Smith (So)	10	3	14	21	25
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	14	4	9	44	50
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	27	11	18	61	64
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0

Metuchen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	4	23	17	14	25	56	19	41	46
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	8	25
2	Matt Smith (So)	10	1	7	14	3	8	38	2	7	29
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	14	1	5	20	5	6	83	3	4	75
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	27	1	2	50	4	5	80	10	16	63
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	6	33	0	1	0

Metuchen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	15	16	31	10	14	9	14
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	7	2	5	7	0	1	0	4
2	Matt Smith (So)	10	3	1	4	1	1	2	1
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	14	1	6	7	3	5	4	3
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	27	3	4	7	0	5	3	4
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2	6	0	6	2	1	0	0

Metuchen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	1.11	1.56	1.00	8	1
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.25	2
2	Matt Smith (So)	0.50	0.50	1.00	2	0
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	0.75	1.25	1.67	0	1
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	0.00	1.67	1.25	2	0
33	Cody Cardillo (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	1	0

Highland Park (23-24)

Highland Park has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Metuchen tops Highland Park

December 16, 2023: Highland Park, NJ 08904

Metuchen Bulldogs (Metuchen, NJ) backers were pleased Saturday as they saw their basketball squad knock off the host Highland Park Owls (Highland Park, NJ), 64-53 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Metuchen upgrades its record to 1-1 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Spotswood (Spotswood, NJ) to play the Chargers in a Greater Middlesex - Blue bout on Wednesday, December 20. The Chargers come into the bout with a record of 2-0. Spotswood won 85-55 in their recent league bout against South River (South River, NJ)

Next up, the Owls play the Manville Mustangs (Manville, NJ) in a non-league bout, on Wednesday, December 27. Highland Park will attempt to upgrade on its 1-1 season record.

Metuchen @ Highland Park Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 @ 11:30a

The Highland Park (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 64-53.

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

Highland Park (23-24)

NJ	Div.
408	67

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-17	5-9	0-8	5-7	2-2	.292	.357	1,364	1,495

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Metuchen	12.6	11.9	13.5	15.2	7.0	53.5
Highland Park	12.5	15.5	13.0	14.5	-	56.8

Team Stat Comparison

Metuchen		Highland Park
52.8	Points Per Game	-
29.8	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.1	Assists Per Game	-
9.2	Steals Per Game	-
0.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Metuchen		Highland Park	National Avg.
#0 Jason Woods13.5	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#25 Ben Santus5.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Cameron Hayes-durina3.4	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Cameron Hayes-durina1.8	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#5 Ilio jr Krumins-beens0.2	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Metuchen	5-4		Highland Park	3-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/15/23	South River	Metuchen	(L) 74-66	2/3/24	South River	Highland Park	(L) 69-58
1/17/24	Metuchen	South River	(L) 57-47	2/10/24	South River	Highland Park	(L) 76-43
12/23/23	Metuchen	Piscataway Vo-Tech	(W) 54-27	12/22/23	Highland Park	Piscataway Vo-Tech	(W) 66-64
2/3/24	Metuchen	Piscataway Vo-Tech	(L) 44-42	1/24/24	Piscataway Vo-Tech	Highland Park	(L) 48-47
12/30/23	Metuchen	East Brunswick Vo-Tech	(W) 84-25	12/20/23	Highland Park	East Brunswick Vo-Tech	(W) 70-43
				1/22/24	Highland Park	East Brunswick Vo-Tech	(W) 56-54
1/15/24	Dunellen	Metuchen	(W) 61-46	1/3/24	Dunellen	Highland Park	(L) 51-45
				1/26/24	Highland Park	Dunellen	(L) 66-54
2/1/24	Central Jersey College Prep	Metuchen	(W) 54-36	2/15/24	Central Jersey College Prep	Highland Park	(L) 61-58
2/9/24	Metuchen	South Amboy	(W) 62-58	1/5/24	Highland Park	South Amboy	(L) 71-65
				1/29/24	South Amboy	Highland Park	(L) 87-75
2/15/24	Metuchen	Roselle Park	(L) 55-52	1/20/24	Roselle Park	Highland Park	(L) 60-53

Record Breakdown

Metuchen (23-24)		Highland Park (23-24)
12-14	Overall	7-17
5-8	League	5-9
7-3	Non-League	2-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-4	Common Opponent	3-9
5-5	Home	0-8
5-8	Away	5-7
2-1	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-14	In-State	7-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0