Basketball Recap: Harrisville Wins Going Away Against Heuvelton Central

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

01/27/25 vs Hammond Central	52
01/16/25 vs Morristown Central	44
12/07/24 vs Colton-Pierrepont	39
12/06/24 vs Edwards-Knox	35
01/03/25 @ Belleville Henderson Central	31

Harrisville's game on Saturday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against the Heuvelton Central Bulldogs as the Harrisville Pirates made off with a 65-45 victory. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 20 points or more this season.

Harrisville had a senior duo take command as Joe Shepherd posted 31 points and Aiden Chartrand put up 19 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Shepherd has scored at least a third of Harrisville's points.

The win made it two in a row for Harrisville and bumps their season record up to 15-5. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 1-6 Hermon-DeKalb Central and 2-5 Heuvelton Central. As for Heuvelton Central, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

Harrisville and Heuvelton Central are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Harrisville will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Morristown Central at 6:00 p.m. Harrisville has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Heuvelton Central, they are taking a road trip to challenge Hermon-DeKalb Central at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Heuvelton Central is facing Hermon-DeKalb Central at the right time seeing as Hermon-DeKalb Central is stuck on a three-game losing streak.