The Lafayette Patriots basketball team scored 71 points and limited the host Sunset Park to 21 in the Patriots league triumph on Tuesday.

The Patriots now possess a 1-2 record. They play next when they host Erasmus Hall for a PSAL 3A Brooklyn/Staten Island game on Thursday, December 12. Lafayette will play a Dutchmen team coming off a 33-24 league loss to McKee Vo-Tech/Staten Island Tech (Staten Island, NY). The Dutchmen record now stands at 2-2.

With the loss, Sunset Park falls to 0-3 on the campaign. The travel to Telecommunication Arts Tech (Brooklyn, NY) to play the Yellowjackets in a PSAL 3A Brooklyn/Staten Island game on Thursday, December 12. The Yellowjackets go into the game with a record of 1-1. Telecommunication Arts Tech lost 41-29 in their recent league game against Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, NY)