STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A year ago at this time, some basketball junkies might have looked ahead and fantasized about the 68th annual Thanksgiving Eve matchup between Curtis’ Alonzo Archbold and St. Peter’s Talib Martin.

That scenario, however, was squashed when both highly talented forwards transferred to prep schools during the off-season.

It left this year’s traditional game between the rival Warriors and Eagles with a rash of question marks as both teams lost the majority of last season’s starters.

Who will score?

Would the new starters gel right away?

And was there anybody from the JV level who could give the varsity an instant boost? 71

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It’s a long season of course, but on this night, it was the Eagles who had some quick answers.

Senior forward Nico Parlanti led a b

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