This fade away jumper for Piscataway Magnet beat Metuchen at the buzzer in the GMC Tournament play-in round on February 3, 2024. (Source: Bulldog Report on YouTube)
The Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament is underway, with play-in round action featuring 15 games Saturday morning and afternoon.
Originally, eight games were set to be played on each side, but Perth Amboy Magnet’s boys took a forfeit loss against Edison.
Perhaps the wildest finish may have come in Metuchen, where the 22nd-seeded Bulldog boys were upset by 27-seed Piscataway Magnet, 44-42, on a baseline fade away jumper as time expired.
The Raiders inbounded the ball near the scorer’s table with 6.1 to go, getting it into Nate Carman, who wasn’t the original target. The ball got tipped away from him, but Carman recovered, got to the baseline, and hit an off-balance shot as time expired for the victory, sending them into the first round, where they will take the short trip to 11-seed Piscataway in a Gold versus Red Division matchup.
See the game winning shot by clicking here; the winner is after the 1:36:00 mark.
Click below to hear Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko talk with Piscataway Magnet’s Len Reyes about the win:
Boys’ GMCT Play-In Round Results
- (17) Carteret def. (32) Wardlaw-Hartridge, 64-21
- (24) Edison def. (25) Perth Amboy Magnet, by forfeit
- (21) South River def. (28) Highland Park, 69-58
- (20) Middlesex def. (29) Somerset Tech, 62-45
- (19) South Brunswick def. (30) JFK, 62-45
- (27) Piscataway Magnet def. (22) Metuchen, 44-42
- (26) Dunellen def. (23) New Brunswick, 45-44
- (18) JP Stevens def. (31) East Brunswick Magnet, 57-34
Girls’ GMCT Play-In Round Schedule:
- (17) Perth Amboy def. (32) Somerset Tech, 71-24
- (24) JFK def. (25) Mother Seton, 49-21
- (19) Highland Park def. (30) South Amboy, 49-18
- (22) Wardlaw-Hartridge def. (27) Sayreville, 45-28
- (18) Carteret def. (31) Woodbridge Magnet, 56-20
- (23) Timothy Christian def. (26) Piscataway Magnet, 61-44
- (21) Dunellen def. (28) Perth Amboy Magnet, 48-21
- (20) North Brunswick def. (29) New Brunswick, 71-26
Girls’ GMCT Preliminary Round (all games Monday, Feb. 5 at higher seeds)
- (17) Perth Amboy at (16) Edison
- (24) JFK at (9) Piscataway
- (21) Dunellen at (12) Metuchen
- (20) North Brunswick at (13) South River
- (19) Highland Park at (14) Middlesex
- (22) Wardlaw-Hartridge at (11) Woodbridge
- (23) Timothy Christian at (10) Old Bridge
- (18) Carteret at (15) South Plainfield
Boys’ GMCT Preliminary Round (all games Tuesday, Feb. 6 at higher seeds)
- (17) Carteret at (16) North Plainfield
- (24) Edison at (9) Timothy Christian
- (21) South River at (12) East Brunswick
- (20) Middlesex at (13) North Brunswick
- (19) South Brunswick at (14) Sayreville
- (27) Piscataway Magnet at (11) Piscataway
- (26) Dunellen at (10) Calvary Christian
- (18) JP Stevens at (15) Perth Amboy
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Good evening, my name is Shawn Carman, I’m Nate Carman’s father. Nate Carman from Piscataway Magnet was spelled wrong ( Carmon) can you please correct it. Thank you in advance.
Fixed. My pleasure. What a shot!