Basketball Recap: Landon Bodington's Big Game Can't Quite Lead North Kingstown over Cumberland

If North Kingstown was riding high fresh off their 69-40 takedown of Cranston East last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The North Kingstown Skippers fell 71-64 to the Cumberland Clippers on Tuesday. The Skippers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Clippers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in February of 2024.

Landon Bodington

Points

02/11/25 @ Cumberland	19
02/10/25 vs Cranston East	18
02/07/25 vs Narragansett	21

North Kingstown's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Landon Bodington, who went 7-for-14 en route to 19 points. Bodington's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Deorsey, who went 5-for-10 to rack up 14 points.

North Kingstown's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Cumberland, their win bumped their record up to 5-15.

North Kingstown didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 78-75 victory against Westerly on the 14th. As for Cumberland, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 1-0 loss against Bishop Hendricken on the 12th.