Basketball Recap: Burncoat Find Success

Burncoat hadn't done well against Oxford recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Burncoat Patriots narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Oxford Pirates 36-34. This was payback for the Patriots, who suffered a 25-23 loss the last time these two teams met.

Burncoat has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-6 record this season. As for Oxford, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6.

Burncoat has already played their next match (against Southbridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Oxford will take on Douglas at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.