Basketball Recap: East Providence Drops Highest Score of Season Against Tolman

Townies

Team Score (Highest)

02/13/25 vs Tolman	69
12/16/24 vs Westerly	67
01/20/25 vs Central	66
01/13/25 @ Lincoln	60
02/12/25 @ Johnston	59

On Thursday, East Providence faced Tolman in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The East Providence Townies fell 77-69 to the Tolman Tigers. One positive for the Townies, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tolman to victory, but perhaps none more so than John Hilaire, who went 8-for-11 to rack up 26 points and six assists. Hilaire has become a key player for Tolman: the team is 10-3 when he posts at least 15 points, but 4-6 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Borden, who went 8-for-15 en route to 25 points and four steals.

East Providence's loss dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Tolman, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.

East Providence wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 72-63 win against Narragansett on the 14th. As for Tolman, they have also already played their next contest, a 60-52 victory against Woonsocket on the 15th.