The Mechanicville Red Raiders will challenge the Marcellus Mustangs at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mechanicville sitting on 11 straight wins and Marcellus on ten.
Mechanicville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Saranac Lake 70-43. The Red Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Marcellus won against Potsdam on Wednesday with 61 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Marcellus beat Potsdam by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 61-49. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Sandstoners are ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marcellus' victory bumped their record up to 22-4. As for Mechanicville, their win bumped their record up to 20-5.
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