Basketball Recap: Norwich Free Academy Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with Bacon Academy

On Tuesday, Norwich Free Academy faced Bacon Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Norwich Free Academy Wildcats fell 37-27 to the Bacon Academy Bobcats. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Wildcats

Previous 5 Games

02/25/25 vs Bacon Academy	27-37
02/22/25 @ Fitch	41-30
02/19/25 vs East Lyme	44-21
02/14/25 @ Ledyard	46-43
02/12/25 vs Hand	54-44

The defeat snapped Norwich Free Academy's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 16-7 record. As for Bacon Academy, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.

While Norwich Free Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.