Scarsdale Boys Basketball Rolls Over Port Chester in Section One Playoffs

On Wednesday, the Scarsdale Raiders men's basketball team played the Rams of Port Chester in the first round of the section one playoffs at SHS. The game, originally scheduled for Monday, got moved because of the snow.

In the end, Scarsdale dominated, beating Port Chester 93-29 to advance to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.

Scarsdale started the game hot right out of the gate, pulling ahead of Port Chester early and not looking back. At the end of the first quarter, Scarsdale owned a 29-0 lead! They continued this high scoring throughout the game and played good defense throughout.

Scarsdale having such a strong lead allowed for everyone to get an opportunity to play; including sophomore Jackson Brown who was making his Varsity debut after getting called up from the JV team. Brown was able to see some game action and be able to score his first career varsity points.

Scarsdale, as the seventh seed in this game, will now take on the two seed Mount Vernon Knights in the quarterfinals of the Section One Class AAA playoffs. The game will be at 5PM on Friday at Mount Vernon High School. This will be the third time Scarsdale and Mount Vernon play this season; with each team winning one game each and this third match being the rubber match in the season series for what is a big rivalry between the two schools. If Scarsdale wins this game, they will advance to the Semi-final round which will take place at the Westchester County Center next week and will be the second year in a row that the Raiders make it to the County Center.

This will be Scarsdale’s first time playing Mount Vernon in the playoffs since the 2023 Class AA semifinals when Scarsdale in upset fashion took down Mount Vernon to advance to the section finals.