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| 02/05/25 - Away | 50-46 W |
| 01/10/24 - Away | 60-35 W |
| 12/20/22 - Home | 67-26 W |
| 02/23/22 - Home | 76-52 W |
| 12/17/21 - Away | 71-42 W |
Saranac Lake won the last time they faced Peru and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Saranac Lake Red Storm managed a 50-46 win over the Peru Nighthawks. Given the Red Storm's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 786th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the defeat, Peru saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Deacon Whitmarsh went 8 of 11 en route to 17 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Whitmarsh a new career-high in shooting accuracy (73%). Nicholas Petro was another key player, putting up six points and three steals.
Saranac Lake has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points over those games. As for Peru, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-15.
Coming up, Saranac Lake will take on AuSable Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Peru, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 63-37 loss against Saranac on the 7th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
