Highest Scoring Averages in a Season – Middlesex County – Since 1960

Highest Scoring Averages in a Season - Middlesex County - Since 1960
South River’s Alex Grospe became the 11th different Middlesex County boys basketball player to average 30 points per game since 1960. Grospe is the first GMC boys hoops player to achieve the feat since the 2004-05 season and the first Middlesex County player to average 30 points per game in back-to-back seasons in 56 years.

For the 15th time since 1960, a Middlesex County boys basketball player averaged 30 points per game for an entire season.  South River’s Alex Grospe became the first Middlesex County boys hoops player to average 30 points per game for an entire season for two straight years since Perth Amboy’s Brian Taylor achieved the feat in 1967-68 and 1968-69.  Grospe is also the first Greater Middlesex Conference boys basketball player to average 30 points per game for an entire season since Jermaine Clark in 2004-05.

PlayerSchoolSeasonPoints ScoredPPG
John SomogyiSt. Peter’s1967-681,19042.5
Brian TaylorPerth Amboy1968-691,07138.3
John SomogyiSt. Peter’s1966-6797837.6
Gary BrokawNew Brunswick1970-7193134.5
Jerry PaluchSt. Mary’s – Perth Amboy1965-6672034.3
Brian TaylorPerth Amboy1967-6887733.7
Artie FlahertyMetuchen1984-8585733.0
Ed BehnenSouth Amboy1999-200075132.6
Nick ShawSouth Amboy2002-0367332.0
Jermaine ClarkPerth Amboy2004-0568131.0
Alex GrospeSouth River2023-2479730.7
John SomogyiSt. Peter’s1965-6667530.6
Wayne MarksJamesburg1971-7273130.5
Donnell LumpkinSouth Brunswick1988-8975230.1
Alex GrospeSouth River2024-2578030.0