Defense helps Horses fly

Colonie

Latyce Faison, Nazaire Merritt and Lateef Johnson took turns starring on offense, but the Troy High trio — along with the rest of their teammates that entered the game Friday — genuinely took more pride in what they accomplished on the defensive end against Christian Brothers Academy.

After the teams played to a tie through two quarters, Troy raised its level at both ends of the floor during the third quarter fueled by quality man-to-man defense and drew away in registering an 80-69 Suburban Council road victory.

CBA (11-5, 8-5 league) missed its last five shots of the third quarter and then watched the Flying Horses rip off a crucial 10-0 spurt to establish a 72-55 cushion.