The Gouverneur Wildcats will challenge the Harrisville Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Gouverneur faced off against General Brown on Saturday. Gouverneur took a 61-47 bruising from General Brown. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by exactly 14 points.
Despite the defeat, Gouverneur got top-tier performance from Raine Rumble, who posted 27 points. That was a full 57.4% of Gouverneur's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kaleb Platt, who earned ten points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Harrisville). They claimed a resounding 73-29 victory over Morristown Central. The win was familiar territory for the Pirates who have now won six matches in a row.
Gouverneur better keep an eye on Joe Shepherd. He was instrumental in Harrisville's win, putting up 38 points. Shepherd's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Damian Hoinaru, who had 12 points.
Harrisville's victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Gouverneur, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.
Gouverneur lost to Harrisville on the road by a decisive 53-38 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shepherd, who scored 30 points. Now that Gouverneur knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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