Basketball Recap: Laguardia Comes Up Short

Laguardia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were dealt a 73-46 defeat at the hands of the Beacon Blue Demons. While losing is never fun, Laguardia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 668th, while Beacon is ranked 155th).

Laguardia's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Beacon, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.

Laguardia will square off against Hunter College at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Beacon, they will challenge East Harlem at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Harlem knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Beacon likes a good challenge.