Basketball Recap: Mt. Mansfield Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Rice Memorial

On Monday, Mt. Mansfield faced Rice Memorial in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mt. Mansfield Cougars fell 74-61 to the Rice Memorial Green Knights. It was the first time this season that the Cougars let down their fans at home.

Mt. Mansfield's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6. As for Rice Memorial, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-3.

Mt. Mansfield will challenge Champlain Valley Union at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rice Memorial has already played their next game (against South Burlington), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.