Send these dogs to the kennel! (Ballston Spa vs. Troy, 3/3/21)

 It's safe to say that these Scotties were Ken'l Rationed.

Ballston Spa's basketball teams have not had a good season. Both the men & women are under .500 in the final week of the regular season (more on that shortly), and, to make things worse, the men had to host Suburban Council Gray division leader Troy, while the women came to Zotto Gym, hoping to catch the Lady Horses in a bad position after a blowout loss to Cambridge on Monday.

Sorry, but they're barking up the wrong trees.

Troy's women held Ballston Spa to nothing more than kibbles & bits through three quarters, as they built up a 42-13 lead. How bad was it? The Lady Scotties' quarter totals consisted of 6, 2, and 5 points leading into the fourth quarter. Then, they outscored Troy, 14-11, mostly against the second unit, but it wasn't nearly enough, as Troy rolled, 53-27. The Lady Horses (5-3 Suburban Council, 5-4 overall) will travel to Shaker on Friday, then close at home on Sunday vs. Bethlehem. The game's been moved for reasons known only to the two schools.

Over in Ballston Spa, Troy jumped out to a big lead at halftime as well, but coach Richard Hurley made a rare tactical error in the third quarter, pulling his starters about two minutes in to give the second unit some minutes. Problem is, the Scotties chewed the lead down to 9 after three quarters, prompting Hurley to bring the lead dogs back into the game to close the deal.

Troy clinches a tie for its 3rd Gray division title with a 76-62 win, moving to 8-2 on the season with two games to go.

Here's the video:

And the women's game:

The Suburban Council's tournament begins Monday, with both the men's & women's tournaments at Shenendehowa. The pairings will be announced, likely after Sunday's Troy-Bethlehem women's game.

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I don't want to think LaSalle's hockey team got a little too cocky after sweeping the Capital District Jets over the weekend, but sometimes, the Cadets do play down to the level of their competition. Case in point was today's matinee against the Mohawks, which went to overtime before the visitors won the game, just 40 seconds into the extra session, 4-3.

With a weekend series vs. CBA left on the schedule, the Cadets' chances of catching Bethlehem for the South division title just fizzled down to nothing.