Basketball Recap: Newport Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Windsor

Newport is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Windsor. The Newport Tigers fell to the Windsor Yellowjackets 58-53. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Yellowjackets: they've now lost five in a row.

Newport's defeat dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Windsor, the win keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.

Newport didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 49-46 loss against Fall Mountain on the 17th. As for Windsor, they will square off against Brattleboro at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.