Basketball Recap: Manville Piles Up the Points Against South River

Mustangs

Team Score

01/18/25 @ South River	72
12/28/24 @ Dunellen	62
12/19/24 vs Belvidere	59
01/09/25 @ Warren Hills Regional	48
12/17/24 vs South Hunterdon	47

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manville). They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging a 72-39 victory over the South River Rams. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Rams are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Manville pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for South River, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4.

Manville has already played their next game (against J.P. Stevens), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. South River has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Perth Amboy.