Layla Gutierrez of North Plainfield, in an undated photo. (Source: @layla_gutierrez2026 on Instagram)
Fifty points. Eight treys. A whopping 61-percent from the field.
And yet, her eight assists and three steals may have been just as impressive.
No matter how you slice it, North Plainfield senior Layla Gutierrez had a game for the ages Monday night, scoring 50 in a 79-38 win for the 10th-seeded Canucks over 26-seed New Brunswick in the GMC Tournament’s preliminary round Monday.
The win earns North Plainfield a third chance at Monroe this season, as they will travel to face the 7th-seeded Falcons in the first round/round of 16 Wednesday evening.
It’ll be the rubber match this season, as North Plainfield lost to Monroe 76-47 at home on January sixth, but beat them 44-43 on the road less than two weeks later.
High-scoring games aren’t exactly rare for the four-year varsity starter. Gutierrez scored 42 on January 15th of this year in a 65-54 home win over South Brunswick, in which she also scored her 1,000th point. She’s currently at 1,176.
Click below to hear North Plainfield’s Layla Gutierrez talk about her 50-point game Monday night against New Brunswick in the GMC Tournament with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:
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