Basketball Recap: Cortland Skates Past Pulaski with Ease

Purple Tigers

Previous 4 Games

02/01/25 vs Pulaski	55-28
01/30/25 vs Homer	46-43
01/25/25 vs Mexico	60-46
01/20/25 vs Oswego	74-63

Cortland waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 55-28 win over the Pulaski Blue Devils. Given the Purple Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 547th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Owen Johnson was the offensive standout of the game as he posted 13 points and three steals. Tyler Thomas was another key player, putting up eight points.

Cortland pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Pulaski, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-6.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cortland has already played their next matchup (against Solvay), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Pulaski will face off against South Lewis at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.