Basketball Game Preview: Saugerties Sawyers vs. Beacon Bulldogs

By Team Reports Mar 1, 2024, 2:24am

Preview: Saugerties Sawyers vs. Beacon Bulldogs

The Saugerties Sawyers will take on the Beacon Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Saugerties comes in on three and Beacon on five.

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Saugerties walked away with it. They had just enough and edged the Spartans out 48-45. That's two games straight that Saugerties has won by exactly three points.

Saugerties' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mccoy Rothe, who scored 16 points along with two steals, and Jack Parisio, who scored 18 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Parisio has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Boek, who scored six points.

Meanwhile, Beacon earned a 61-52 victory over New Paltz on Wednesday.

Saugerties is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Beacon, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 26-10.

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