Peru's Jordan Osborne (11) with the floater in the lane over a pair of Hornets defenders as they get the 52-32 win. It would be the crosstown battle and for the early lead in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Peru Nighthawks at a packed gym. The game would be tight through the first quarter as they went back and forth, feeling each other out. Ryan Colburn would hit a bbuzzer-beaterto end the quarter, tied at 10. In the second quarter, the NNighthawks pulledaway, winning 11-5 and taking a 21-15 lead into the break. When the teams returned for the second half, the Nighthawks would stay on the gas with a 14-5 quarter to take a 35-20 lead into the 4th quarter. In the fourth quarter, both offenses would take off, as the Nighthawks outscored the Nighthawks 17-12 to cruise to a 52-32 victory. In the winning effort, the Nighthawks would stay undefeated on the season at 5-0, and the Hornets would suffer their first loss, falling to 2-1. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Diego Rios (2) breaks in on the uncontested lay-up for the Hornets score. Gallery