In Friday's league outing, the East Providence Townies (East Providence, RI) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Mt. Pleasant Kilties (Providence, RI), by a margin of 78-51.

The Townies (9-4) will now prepare for their outing against Central (Providence, RI). The Knights go into the State Championship outing with a 11-2 record. In their last outing, Central smashed Narragansett (Narragansett, RI), 74-61, in a league outing.

The Kilties now own a 5-9 record. They play next when they travel to Narragansett for a State Championship outing on Tuesday, January 31. Mt. Pleasant will clash with a Mariners squad coming off a 74-61 league loss to Central (Providence, RI). The Mariners record now stands at 7-10.