Basketball Game Preview: Coventry Oakers vs. Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights

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Previous 5 Games

12/22/23 - Away	57-52 W
12/27/18 - Home	61-47 W
12/27/16 - Away	89-48 W
12/14/15 - Away	67-63 W
12/16/14 - Home	59-51 W

Coventry is 5-0 against Exeter-West Greenwich since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Coventry Oakers will host the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights at 6:30 p.m. Coventry is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.

Coventry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Burrillville, who was ranked 14th at the time (Coventry was ranked 20th). Coventry was dealt a 62-33 loss at the hands of Burrillville on Thursday. The game marked the Oakers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Exeter-West Greenwich, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Central Falls 64-61. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Scarlet Knights have posted against the Warriors since January 9, 2019.

Exeter-West Greenwich's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Coventry, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.

Coventry didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Exeter-West Greenwich when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 57-52 victory. Does Coventry have another victory up their sleeve, or will Exeter-West Greenwich turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.