Basketball Game Preview: Taconic Hills Titans vs. Coxsackie-Athens Riverhawks

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01/24/24 - Away	33-80 L
01/10/23 - Home	22-70 L
01/15/19 - Home	46-27 W
12/04/18 - Away	51-43 W
01/30/17 - Home	50-23 W
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Taconic Hills has gone 8-2 against Coxsackie-Athens recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Taconic Hills Titans will look to defend their home court against the Coxsackie-Athens Riverhawks at 5:30 p.m. Taconic Hills has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with 13 straight losses, while Coxsackie-Athens will come in with nine straight victories.

Taconic Hills is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against Pine Plains on Friday, falling 61-34.

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Coxsackie-Athens' strategy against Germantown on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Coxsackie-Athens blew Germantown out of the water with a 110-34 final score. The Riverhawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 23 points or more this season.

Taconic Hills better keep an eye on Baileigh Briski. She was instrumental in Coxsackie-Athens' win, going 15 for 23 on her way to 35 points in addition to eight steals and five boards. The contest was Briski's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Camryn Slater, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 14 rebounds.

Coxsackie-Athens smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in nine consecutive matches.

Coxsackie-Athens' win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.9 points. As for Taconic Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Taconic Hills was taken down by Coxsackie-Athens 80-33 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Taconic Hills was down 49-14.