The Sutton Sammies will take on the Nipmuc Regional Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Nipmuc Regional will be up against a hot Sutton team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Sutton blew past Douglas 62-22 on Tuesday. Given the Sammies' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Tigers are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Nipmuc Regional got the win against Whitinsville Christian on Wednesday by a conclusive 74-48.
Nipmuc Regional has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.4 points per game. As for Sutton, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Sutton took a serious blow against Nipmuc Regional in their previous meeting on January 3rd, falling 66-31. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nipmuc Regional's James McKinney, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Sutton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
