Basketball Recap: Landon Bodington's Big Game Can't Quite Lead North Kingstown over Cumberland
By Team Reports
Feb 19, 2025, 10:05pm
Basketball Recap: North Kingstown Skippers vs. Cumberland Clippers
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
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.
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