Basketball Recap: Cranston East Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 13, 2025, 5:32am

Basketball Recap: Cranston East Thunderbolts vs. North Kingstown Skippers

Cranston East lost against North Kingstown back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Cranston East Thunderbolts were beaten by the North Kingstown Skippers 69-40. While the Thunderbolts didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Skippers 11-7 in the first quarter.

North Kingstown had a senior duo take command as Landon Bodington went 7-for-12 to rack up 18 points and five assists and Michael Deorsey went 8-for-14 on his way to 19 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Deorsey a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Lorenzo Mejia, who posted eight points and seven boards.

Cranston East has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season. As for North Kingstown, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-12.

Cranston East has already played their next game (against Bishop Hendricken), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for North Kingstown, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 71-63 defeat against Cumberland on the 11th.

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