Basketball Recap: Hillside Sets Scoring Season-High Against Millburn

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Team Score (Highest)

02/15/25 @ Millburn	78
12/28/24 vs Marion P. Thomas	74
01/26/25 vs North Star Academy	71
01/11/25 @ West Orange	70
01/18/25 @ Barringer	69

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hillside). They came out on top against the Millburn Millers by a score of 78-71 on Saturday.

When it comes to explaining why Millburn lost, don't look at Chase Plotkin. Despite the final result, he went 14-for-30 to rack up 39 points and seven rebounds. Thanks to that strong game, Plotkin now owns an excellent 45% field goal percentage. The team also got some help courtesy of Chace Redler, who went 6-for-10 on his way to 16 points.

The win got Hillside back to even at 10-10. As for Millburn, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-10.

Hillside does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Millburn, they will host Bloomfield at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.