The Hamilton Emerald Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Cooperstown Hawkeyes at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Hamilton sitting on five straight wins and Cooperstown on ten.
Hamilton will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Waterville, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Emerald Knights managed a 56-52 victory over the Eagles on Thursday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cooperstown). They blew past Sauquoit Valley 111-27 on Thursday. Given the Hawkeyes' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Red Hawks are ranked 753rd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hamilton's record now sits at 6-1. As for Cooperstown, their record is now 10-0.
Things could have been worse for Hamilton, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 67-49 loss to Cooperstown in their previous meeting back in March of 2025. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Hawkeyes' Miles Nelen, who went 7-for-10 from beyond the arc to rack up 31 points along with seven assists and five boards. Now that the Emerald Knights know 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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