Basketball Game Preview: Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners vs. Sumner Tigers

The Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners and the Sumner Tigers will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Deer Isle-Stonington has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 18 straight defeats, while Sumner will come in with four straight victories.

Deer Isle-Stonington is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against Greenville on Saturday, falling 57-33.

While Sumner didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Narraguagus on Friday as Sumner made off with an 82-57 win.

Sumner's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Deer Isle-Stonington, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.

Deer Isle-Stonington was dealt a bruising 66-20 defeat at the hands of Sumner in their previous meeting back in January. Can Deer Isle-Stonington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.