Basketball Recap: Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy Comes Up Short

Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 72-30 defeat at the hands of the North Providence Cougars. Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-6.

Makenna Heon had a dynamite game for North Providence, going 10 for 17 on her way to 24 points in addition to six assists and five steals. With that strong performance, Heon is now averaging an impressive 16 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Yaileen Rodriguez, who went 5 of 6 on her way to 10 points and six rebounds.

This is the second loss in a row for Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for North Providence, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cuffee/St. Patrick Academy will head out to square off against Central at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for North Providence, they will venture away from home to take on Mt. Pleasant at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. North Providence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.7 points per game this season.