RANDOLPH — Just over nine months ago, the Salamanca and Randolph boys basketball teams met for a hotly contested playoff game at Jamestown Community College.

Salamanca won that round, 52-47, a round before securing a sectional title. Friday night, the Warriors and Cardinals met again and the score was the same, but for the other side.

Randolph avenged that playoff loss 52-47, handing Salamanca (3-1) its first loss of the early season.

“It’s a really tough place to win,” Salamanca coach Adam Bennett said. “Give them credit, they did a good job in the fourth quarter.

“For parts of the game we played really well and played within ourselves and within our system and how we want to play. Unfortunately we weren’t consistent enough. We had stretches where we were just running around.”

Jaiden Huntington paced the Cardinals (3-0) with 26 points on three 3-pointers and grabbed 15 rebounds. Drew Hind added 14 points with four assists and Griffin Nelson took five steals.

“Great team win, just an incredible atmosphere and packed house,” Randolph coach Kevin Hind noted. “Both teams played extra hard … just a great rivalry game.”

For Salamanca, Andy Herrick scored 17 points and Lucus Brown scored 12 points, all on his four 3-pointers, before fouling out.

“They did a really good job on the glass,” Bennett said of Randolph. “We didn’t defend and rebound well enough down the stretch and that affected our offense. We’ve got to get back to work and make sure we’re always taking care of the things that we can control and winning games with our defense and rebounding.”

The two teams will resume their rivalry at the end of the regular season, Feb. 15 in Salamanca.