Rhode Island High School Basketball - Coventry can't hold off Portsmouth
(February 17, 2009: Coventry, RI 02816) The
Coventry Oakers basketball team (Coventry, RI), was nudged
68-64 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting
Portsmouth Patriots (Portsmouth, RI)
The Patriots now possess a 12-6 record. They play next when they host
Tiverton for a
Division II - South battle on Friday, February 20.
Portsmouth will meet a Tigers team coming off a
60-47 league loss to
Westerly (Westerly, RI). The Tigers record now stands at 7-13.
The Oakers (11-9) will now prepare for their battle against
East Greenwich (East Greenwich, RI). The Avengers come into the
Division II - South battle with a 5-14 record. In their last battle,
East Greenwich was nudged by
Narragansett (Narragansett, RI),
59-55, in a league battle.