Beekmantown and Saranac are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Beekmantown Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Saranac Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Beekmantown stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Peru 68-32 at home. Given Beekmantown's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while Peru is ranked 759th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though Northeastern Clinton scored an imposing 63 points on Tuesday, Saranac still came out on top. Saranac managed a 67-63 win over Northeastern Clinton. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Saranac.
Saranac's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Carson Duffield, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 17 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Duffield has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Lucas Pierce, who scored 21 points along with eight rebounds.
Beekmantown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Saranac, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Beekmantown didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Saranac in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 70-64 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Beekmantown since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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