Ridgefield Park was the 38-35 winner over New Milford when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Ridgefield Park Scarlets were dealt a 66-37 defeat at the hands of the New Milford Knights on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Scarlets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Knights are ranked 96th).
New Milford was led to victory by Luis Placido and Dariel Liranzo. Placido dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 boards, while Liranzo went 7 of 17 on his way to 22 points and seven rebounds. Placido's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Jake Johnson was another key player, putting up six points and eight rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Ridgefield Park and nudges their season record down to 3-5. As for New Milford, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Ridgefield Park wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 68-63 loss against Fort Lee on the 14th. New Milford has also already played their next contest (against Dwight-Englewood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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