Ethan Lin of Montgomery sizes up Tyler DiGraci of St. Joseph-Metuchen in their Friends of South Amboy game on Secember 21, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
The questions came around in the off-season, “Where’s Ethan Lin?”
After a great start to last season, some on the recruiting trail wondered why they didn’t see him playing anywhere over the summer.
The reason? Well, he actually missed the last part of the season – their run to the Somerset County finals and to the Central Jersey Group 4 title – with a broken ankle, which looked downright unbearably painful when it happened in a late January regular season game against Hillsborough.
But when he came back? Boy, was he better than ever. And he’s only a junior.
If he continues on that trajectory, he’ll be high on everyone’s radar next year.
Christian Hill has also paid dividends for Montgomery this season. Appearing in just 14 games as a junior last season, he set four personal career highs this year playing in all 30 games, and is averaging 14.6 points per game in five state tournament games, with a team-best 17 triples. He’s scoring almost 3.5 points per game more in the states than the entire season.
And Montgomery will likely need all that and more if they’re to take home their first-ever state title Sunday night, when they take on Plainfield – the No. 1-ranked team in the state – for the NJSIAA Group 4 championship, which you can hear live right here on Central Jersey Sports Radio.
We got a chance to catch up with the pair after practice this week. Click below to listen:
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