A Knight to Forget (Lansingburgh @ Troy, 12/28/19)

For Troy High fans, the performance of their mens' basketball team Saturday, in contrast to Friday, was like, well, Knight and day.

Bad puns aside, the Flying Horses came out flatter than day old pancakes at the Greasy Spoon 24 hour diner. The Knights of Lansingburgh came out running and gunning, and even made the cheeky move of entering the court diagonally from Troy for warmups before the game, instead of using the entrance opposite of Troy in the gym, as would be customary.

Whatever the reason for this tactic, it worked like a charm. Isaiah Knight and Ken Allison did most of the damage in the first quarter, as 'Burgh ran out to a 19-11 lead at the end of the frame, and were never headed. The Knights' defense shut down Troy's rising star, sophomore Marquis Hamby, limiting him to just four points, and held Deondre Butler to just two.

However, that allowed Nasir Dawud-Soto & Alex Wolfe to have career nights for Troy.

Wolfe scored fifteen points, and Soto led Troy with eighteen, doing most of his damage in the second half, and this was despite being in foul trouble the entire night. Wolfe also had foul trouble, but stayed in the game with three fouls until a couple of minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Troy's defense, however, couldn't slow down Knight for too long, as he finished with a game high twenty-six points. Allison finished with eight, and Vinny Tario added fourteen, as Lansingburgh held off Troy, 60-50.

Troy (3-5 overall) is now idle until Guilderland comes to town on January 7. Lansingburgh returns home to host Schenectady on Friday, hoping to collect another Suburban Council pelt, this one of the Class AA variety.
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Earlier, Gabe Lucarelli rebounded from a poor night Friday to lead LaSalle with eighteen points, as the Cadets handed Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons its second straight loss, 59-57. Rodney Parker, wearing #25 instead of his customary #22, likely because the jersey went missing overnight, led all scorers with twenty-eight points, while Noah Foster added twenty in a losing effort.

Parker wasn't the only one wearing a different number, as Adi Quinones, normally #50, wore #32 instead.

Bo Catherwood & Drasean Wallace had nine points apiece for LaSalle.
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We are awaiting the result of this morning's LaSalle-Saranac game in the Mohawks tournament at Union College. The host Mohawks played to a 3-3 draw with Brattleboro. We are also still waiting for a report on Friday's women's game between Troy & Pittsfield.