High School Fridays: Hoops roundup

Ye scribe is saving his energy for tomorrow's Cadets For Vets III at HVCC, and thus remained home, safe from the deep freeze tonight.

Troy High's boys' basketball team has played three fewer league games than Schenectady, and lost to the Patriots earlier this season. However, per the Albany Times-Union, Greg Davis' Flying Horses now sit atop the Suburban Council's Gray division, and tied in the overall standings with Schenectady, after play tonight.

Troy got a team high 14 points from Shamdo Caldwell, Nasir Soto & Makai Cruel added 11 points each, and the Flying Horses dispatched Shaker, 60-51, to run their winning streak to four in a row heading into a non-league game Monday vs. Kingston.

Conversely, Jenalyse Alarcon had a team high 20 points, and Alaina Holmes had 11, but it wasn't enough to overcome an early deficit, as Shaker beat Troy, 51-42. The Lady Bison have now won five in a row against Troy dating back to the 2016-17 season. Troy falls into a virtual tie with Albany for 2nd place in the Gray division, despite playing two more league games than Albany (3-3) and front running Averill Park (5-1). Troy falls to 4-4 in the league, 6-6 overall.

However, Troy beat the Lady Tigers of Kingston twice last season, and will look to make it three in a row on Monday, while the boys are looking for their first win over the Tigers, who've beaten them three times.

Elsewhere, Isaiah Knight led all scorers with 31 points, while Scott Teta added 20, as Lansingburgh routed Cohoes, 91-68, to keep pace with LaSalle in the Colonial Council. Drasean Wallace had a team high 18 points, while Bo Catherwood added 11, as The Cadets blew out Watervliet, 71-45, despite JJ Chestnut's game high 26 points. Lansingburgh (11-2 overall) has played one more game.

LaSalle remains undefeated in league play at 8-0, 10-2 overall.
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Other stuff: Former Troy star Dev Holmes has agreed to return to UAlbany as a walk-on for the 2020 season after quitting the Great Danes back in October. Holmes played five games before a violation of team rules resulted in his suspension for the Lafayette game, and Holmes left the team soon after. He entered the transfer portal, but didn't leave school after all.

Turning to college hockey, RPI's women still haven't won a game this season. Yale scored four unanswered goals to beat the Lady Engineers, 4-1, in front of a sparse crowd at Houston Field House, as seen on RPI TV, available on YouTube.