Taconic Boys Earn Narrow Win over Pittsfield

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Sean Harrigan scored 20 points, and the Taconic boys basketball team overcame a fourth-quarter rally by Pittsfield to earn a 69-68 win on Tuesday night.

 

The Generals rallied from an eight-point deficit through three quarters, outscoring Taconic, 27-20, in the last eight minutes of the game.

 

Pittsfield’s Carter Mungin went 4-for-4 at the free throw line in the fourth and scored 10 of his game-high 25 points. Tobias Gaulden-Wheeler scored eight points in the quarter and finished the night with 23.

 

For Taconic, Sam Sherman and Tayvon Sandifer backed up Harrigan with 17 and 14, respectively.

 

Taconic (14-4) waits to learn Saturday where and against whom it will start play in the Western Massachusetts regional tournament.

 

Pittsfield (5-12) goes to Wahconah on Wednesday.