Basketball Game Preview: Walpole Timberwolves vs. Braintree Wamps

The Walpole Timberwolves will start their season against the Braintree Wamps. Tip off is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Braintree is headed out to face Walpole after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Braintree pulled ahead with a 1-0 photo finish over Hanover on Friday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Wamps as it put an end to their four-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-0.

As for Walpole, they've got a clean slate this season. Last year, they finished on the wrong side of .500 (7-13), but they'll be hoping to turn things around this year.

Walpole and Braintree were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in February, but Walpole came up empty-handed after a 47-46 loss. Can Walpole avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.