Boys Basketball Roundup for Tuesday, Jan. 3

Piscataway 58, South Brunswick 50: D'Ondre Dent scored 19 points to lead Piscataway. The Chiefs (3-3) held a 36-29 edge in the second half. Mattias Arrindell and Jordan Davidson each added eight points for Piscataway. Michael Ugarte scored 20 points for South Brunswick (5-1), and Greg Lee had nine points and Kunal Thakral scored eight.

Sayreville 93, Edison 54: Hendersen Mautes scored 20 points, including five 3-pointers as Sayreville cruised to a 51-22 lead at halftime. Also helping the Bombers (6-3) were Ope Olaloko (15 points), Ryan O'Leary (14 points) and Xavier Townes (11 points). For Edison (1-6), Justin Turner and Christian Wantong each scored 14 points.

Perth Amboy 59, Monroe 56: Joseph Malave drilled a 3-pointer with 2.6 second left as Perth Amboy edged Monroe. Malave finished with nine points and five steals. Joshua Cabezudo led the Panthers (3-3) with 17 points and had six rebounds and four assists. Jazheel Espiritusanto added 11 points and six rebounds, and Kaieme Byers had 10 rebounds and five points. For Monroe (0-6), Matt Hoyt scored 12 points, AK Patel had 11 points and Luke Patel added 10 points.

East Brunswick 59, Old Bridge 47: Dante Ralph scored 19 points and Joe Sampson had 14 points to lead East Brunswick (2-3). For Old Bridge (4-3), Kyle Parris scored 14 points and Rich Calandrino had 12.

North Brunswick 63, New Brunswick 47: Adryan Salazar and Maneet Batra each scored 15 points to lead North Brunswick (3-3). For New Brunswick (1-5), Joseph Harris scored nine points and Wenzel Dunlap added eight.

Roselle 47, East Brunswick Tech 32: Dylan Stratton scored nine points for East Brunswick Tech (0-7) in a losing effort. Additionally, teammates R.J Jobin and Daniel Rachkelyuk each added eight points. James Alder led Roselle (5-1) with 12 points.

Voorhees 45, Warren Hills 29: Joey Capone scored 14 points to lead Voorhees (3-3). Blair Felts added 11 points and Doug Lemenze had 10 points, while Jack McCabe grabbed nine rebounds. For Warren Hills (2-5), Sean Morris scored 10 points.

Watchung Hills 65, Phillipsburg 59: Steven Bressler and Dan Pilsbury each scored 17 points to lead Watchung Hills (4-3). Ryan Keller added 14 points. For Phillipsburg (4-2), Jayshawn Grant scored 15 points.

Bound Brook 42, Somerville 31: Kyle Frauenheim scored 17 points as Bound Brook (5-0) remained undefeated. Tyson Amaker added 10 points and 13 rebounds, EJ Vargas had 10 rebounds and Evian Brown had eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. For Somerville (3-3), Robert Melillo had 18 points.

North Hunterdon 83, Immaculata 82: Michael DelSantro scored 21 points as North Hunterdon (1-5) won in overtime. Ahman Cooks added 15 points, and Paul Woolhouse and Nick Guasta each scored 11 points. For Immaculata (2-4), Jared Chambliss scored 24 points, Greg Carolan-Belvin had 16 points and Stephen Dwyer added 14.

Plainfield 52, Elizabeth 51: Matthew Jones hit a free throw with 12 seconds left to give Plainfield (3-3) the win. With 30 seconds remaining, Romey Talley made a 3-pointer to put Plainfield ahead 51-49. Elizabeth then tied the game off two free throws. Talley finished with 23 points and Antwan Spencer had 10. Jones' winning free throw was his only point of the game. Elizabeth fell to 0-7.

Bernards 45, Belvidere 32: Daniel Ball scored 13 points and Kyle Levine had 10 points to lead Bernards (6-1). Belvidere fell to 2-4. Matt Moore added 10 points.

Hillsborough 33, Ridge 32: Jackson Parham had 10 points, seven rebounds and four steals to lead Hillsborough (4-2). For Ridge (1-7), Chris Feringa scored 10 points and Jacob Herrera had seven.

Bridgewater-Raritan 51, Rutgers Prep 48: Jake Needleman scored 17 points for Rutgers Prep (3-3) in the loss, and Jonah Charles added 14. Bridgewater-Raritan improved to 4-2.

Hunterdon Central 41, Montgomery 40: Tucker Richardson and Sam Johnson each scored 10 points as Hunterdon Central remained undefeated at 6-0. For Montgomery (4-2), Kevin Fromelt scored 11 points. Matt Remsen added 10 points.