The Saranac Spartans pushed their score all the way to 57 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 66-57 to Plattsburgh. While losing is never fun, Saranac can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 441st, while Plattsburgh is ranked 196th).
Defeat or not, Saranac got some senior leadership from Caswell McCoy and Lucas Pierce. McCoy scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and five steals, while Pierce. scored 19 points along with six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points McCoy has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce DeAngelo, who scored four points along with seven rebounds.
Saranac's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-9. As for Plattsburgh, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-6.
Saranac didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 51-46 win vs. Peru on the 15th. Plattsburgh has also already played their next game, a 60-38 win against Northeastern Clinton on the 15th.
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