Saranac Lake is 0-10 against Moriah since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Saranac Lake Red Storm will head out on the road to challenge the Moriah Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Saranac Lake will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New York Rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while Moriah is ranked 69th).
Last Tuesday, Saranac Lake got the win against Ticonderoga by a conclusive 58-34. The win made it back-to-back wins for Saranac Lake.
Meanwhile, Moriah unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 67-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Plattsburgh.
Moriah might have lost, but man, Cooper Allen was a machine: he scored 25 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Allen is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Another player making a difference was Dieter Olcott, who scored two points along with seven rebounds and four steals.
Saranac Lake is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Moriah, their defeat ended a 18-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-2.
Saranac Lake came up short against Moriah in their previous meeting back in January, falling 56-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Allen, who scored 24 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Now that Saranac Lake 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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