Basketball Recap: Bellows Free Academy Falls Short Against Ranked Rice Memorial

On Tuesday, Bellows Free Academy faced Rice Memorial in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The match between the Bellows Free Academy Bobwhites/Comets and the Rice Memorial Green Knights didn't end well, with the Bellows Free Academy Bobwhites/Comets falling 74-56. The Bobwhites/Comets have struggled against the Green Knights recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

Bellows Free Academy now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Rice Memorial, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.

Bellows Free Academy will square off against Mt. Mansfield at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Rice Memorial, they will take on Colchester at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rice Memorial knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully Colchester likes a good challenge.