Basketball Recap: Eight Straight Home Wins for Newton North

There's no place like home for Newton North, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They enjoyed a cozy 50-36 win over the Needham Rockets on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Rockets are ranked 180th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Tigers

Previous Games (Home)

01/17/25 vs Needham	50-36
01/14/25 vs Milton	53-45
01/07/25 vs Braintree	55-42
12/28/24 vs Catholic Memorial	69-63
12/27/24 vs Newton South	48-41
+ 3 more games

Newton North pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Needham, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.

Newton North will challenge Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Needham has already played their next game (against Weston), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.