Basketball Game Preview: Fairhaven Blue Devils vs. Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders

Fairhaven is 1-8 against Somerset Berkley Regional since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Fairhaven Blue Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

On Tuesday, Fairhaven strolled past Seekonk with points to spare, taking the game 60-46. That looming 60-46 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Blue Devils yet this season.

Meanwhile, Somerset Berkley Regional waltzed into their match on Tuesday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They breezed by the Bulldogs to the tune of 88-56. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 20 points or more this season.

Somerset Berkley Regional pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.8 points per game. As for Fairhaven, the win got them back to even at 4-4.

Fairhaven was dealt a bruising 77-44 loss at the hands of Somerset Berkley Regional in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Somerset Berkley Regional's Finnian Bjork, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards. Now that Fairhaven knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.