Garfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 60-26 loss at the hands of the New Milford Knights. While losing is never fun, the Boilermakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Knights are ranked 159th).
Luis Placido was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 14 to rack up 19 points and five rebounds for New Milford. Placido's evening made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Johnson, who went 5 for 6 on his way to 10 points along with six boards and three steals.
Garfield's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. 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 14-7 record this season.
Garfield has already played their next match (against Emerson), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for New Milford, they will take on Manchester Regional at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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