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Metuchen Johnson

Bulldogs

Crusaders

The Johnson (Clark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 44-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Metuchen	8	8	15	11	42
Johnson	18	11	8	7	44

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Metuchen (23-24)

Metuchen

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	18	54	33	33
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	12	5	19	26	26
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	3	8	38	38
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	2	1	5	20	20
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	19	8	15	53	53

Metuchen

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	12	6	9	67	18	42	43
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	12	2	2	3	67	5	17	29
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	3	1	2	50	3	5	60
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	100
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	19	2	3	4	75	8	13	62

Metuchen

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	7	23	30	10	6	1	12	17
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	12	1	5	6	3	1	0	2	4
2	Matt Smith (So)	7	2	4	6	2	3	0	0	5
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	2	1	5	6	2	1	0	3	1
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	1
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
24	Leighton Emslie (So)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	19	0	4	4	2	0	0	5	3

Metuchen

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.83	0.50	0.35	0.06	3	1
0	Jason Woods (Jr)	1.50	0.50	0.25	0.00	1	0
2	Matt Smith (So)	2.00	3.00	0.60	0.00	0	0
4	C. Hayes-durina (So)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.00	1	1
10	Danny Kuhne (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
11	Danny Galligan (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
25	Ben Santus (Sr)	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0

Johnson (23-24)

Johnson has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Johnson nips Metuchen

December 28, 2023: Clark, NJ 07066

Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Johnson Crusaders (Clark, NJ) and the visiting Metuchen Bulldogs (Metuchen, NJ), saw Johnson's basketball squad hold off Metuchen by a tally of 44-42.

With the victory, Johnson improves its record to 3-2 on the campaign. The Crusaders host Roselle Park (Roselle Park, NJ) to play the Panthers in a Mountain Valley - Valley challenge on Thursday, January 4. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 3-4. Roselle Park lost 59-46 in their recent non-league challenge against Middlesex (Middlesex, NJ)

Next up, the Bulldogs play the Wardlaw Hartridge Rams (Edison, NJ) in a Greater Middlesex - Blue challenge, on Wednesday, January 3. Metuchen will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 65-32 non-league loss to Voorhees (Glen Gardner, NJ).

Metuchen @ Johnson Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 28, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Johnson (Clark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Metuchen (NJ) by a score of 44-42.

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

Johnson (23-24)

NJ	Div.
208	40

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-8	5-2	7-3	3-4	2-1	.600	.714	989	970

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Metuchen	12.6	11.9	13.5	15.2	7.0	53.5
Johnson	12.5	14.0	10.0	14.0	-	49.5

Team Stat Comparison

Metuchen		Johnson
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		Johnson	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	2-2		Johnson	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/3/24	Metuchen	Wardlaw Hartridge	(W) 64-25	1/11/24	Wardlaw Hartridge	Johnson	(W) 58-30
1/26/24	Wardlaw Hartridge	Metuchen	(W) 59-28
2/8/24	Metuchen	J.P. Stevens	(L) 54-38	12/30/23	J.P. Stevens	Johnson	(L) 53-49
2/15/24	Metuchen	Roselle Park	(L) 55-52	1/4/24	Roselle Park	Johnson	(W) 62-52
				1/30/24	Johnson	Roselle Park	(W) 52-29

Record Breakdown

Metuchen (23-24)		Johnson (23-24)
12-14	Overall	12-8
5-8	League	5-2
7-3	Non-League	6-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	3-1
5-5	Home	7-3
5-8	Away	3-4
2-1	Neutral	2-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-14	In-State	12-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0