Basketball Game Recap: Glens Falls Indians vs. Queensbury Spartans

By Team Reports Jan 22, 2024, 5:50pm

Recap: Glens Falls Indians vs. Queensbury Spartans

After flying high against the Schuylerville Horses last Thursday, the Glens Falls Indians came back down to earth. Glens Falls fell 62-52 to Queensbury on Monday. While losing is never fun, Glens Falls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while Queensbury is ranked 49th).

Glens Falls lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Darielle Gooden, who scored 19 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Gooden has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Piper Eddy, who scored 11 points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Queensbury to victory, but perhaps none more so than Shea Canavan, who almost dropped a triple-double on 19 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists. Canavan is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Dyllan Ray was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.

Glens Falls' defeat dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Queensbury, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-1.

Glens Falls will look to defend their home court on Thursday against South Glens Falls at 7:00 p.m. As for Queensbury, they will head out on the road to challenge Hudson Falls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.