Basketball Recap: Montgomery Comes Up Short in High-Profile Contest with Rutgers Prep

On Thursday, Montgomery faced Rutgers Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Montgomery Cougars fell to the Rutgers Prep Argonauts 63-59. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Argonauts recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.

Montgomery's defeat dropped their record down to 14-4. As for Rutgers Prep, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-6.

Montgomery didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 62-44 victory against Notre Dame on the 2nd. Rutgers Prep has also already played their next contest (against Paul VI), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.