Basketball Game Preview: Burncoat Patriots vs. Hudson Hawks

The Burncoat Patriots will take on the Hudson Hawks in a holiday battle at at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hudson took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Burncoat, who comes in off a win.

Burncoat is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Monday. They snuck past Leominster with a 63-57 victory.

Jean Carlos Pimental went supernova for Burncoat, putting up 22 points. The dominant performance gave Pimental a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Cheyton Marshall, who posted 12 points.

Meanwhile, Hudson was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 40-39 to Maynard.

Burncoat was able to grind out a solid win over Hudson when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 72-60. Will Burncoat repeat their success, or does Hudson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.