On January 30, 2025, the Stroudsburg boys’ basketball team defeated Plesant Valley 64-54 on Senior Night. This was the first time Stroudsburg had defeated PV since 2021.

Stroudsburg came into this game with high hopes of taking down PV, especially against a home crowd and on Senior Night. Stroudsburg was celebrating this game for all of its senior cheerleaders and boys’ basketball players. A big congratulations to Marvin Dorvilus and Alex Pacitti.

Both teams were off to a slow start, exchanging baskets with the score of 16-11 at the end in favor of Stroudsburg.

Stroudsburg was able to hold this lead going into halftime with the score 29-26. Coming out of the half, the game plan for Stroudsburg was different, but the results stayed the same with Stroudsburg leading 49-43 going to the final quarter of regulations. After an exciting fourth quarter, Stroudsburg was able to secure its fourth win on the season 64-54.

For Stroudsburg, Tae El-Bassiouni, ’28, was the leading scorer with 19 points, Jarel Jackson, ’27, had 12, Alex Pacitti, ’25, had 15 and Marvin Dorvilus, ’25, had 4.

Stroudsburg will play its final game on February 3, 2025 against Pocono Mountain West. This will conclude the Stroudsburg Boys’ Basketball 2024-2025 season.