High School Fridays: Hoops roundup, 1/3/2020

It was not a good start to 2020 for Schenectady High on Friday.

The Patriots' men's & women's squads both traveled to Troy, the women for a matinee rematch vs. Troy, while the men went to Lansingburgh to pay a call on former coach Eric Loudis, who now is the head coach of the Knights.

The Lady Patriots sought to avenge a 54-39 loss to Troy just three weeks ago, but for some reason Section II scheduled both matchups at Zotto Gym. Jenalyse Alarcon had 19 points as Troy placed three players in double figures, routing Schenectady for the second time in a month, 66-30. Troy improves to 4-4 overall, and will travel to Guilderland on Tuesday.

Across town, in the nightcap, if you will, the Patriots ran into a red hot Lansingburgh club, which won its fourth straight game. Schenectady, which fell from the unbeaten ranks in a loss to Bethlehem a couple of weeks back, has now dropped two of its last three.

In another matchup between the Colonial & Suburban Councils, Kaylon Dickson led all scorers with 24 points, and Gabe Lucarelli added 20, as LaSalle knocked off CBA, 63-52.

I wrote before that Lansingburgh was a Class B school. Not in basketball, where they're in Class A. The Knights are chasing LaSalle for a division title in the Colonial Council.