The Metuchen Bulldogs fought the good fight in their overtime contest against the Roselle Park Panthers on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 55-52. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Metuchen has suffered since December 28, 2023.
Metuchen lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Danny Galligan, who scored 16 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Galligan has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jason Woods, who scored ten points.
Metuchen has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-14 record this season. As for Roselle Park, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season.
Metuchen will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Rumson-Fair Haven at 7:00 p.m. on February 21st. Hopefully Metuchen focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday. As for Roselle Park, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-53 victory vs. Piscataway Vo-Tech on the 16th.
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