After flying high against Laguardia last Tuesday, Beacon came back down to earth. The Beacon Blue Demons took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of East Harlem on Thursday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Blue Demons came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while East Harlem are ranked 379th).
Beacon's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4. As for East Harlem, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.
Beacon will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Math Science & Engineering at 4:30 p.m. on January 30th. East Harlem has already played their next game (against Capital Prep Harbor), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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