The Plainville Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Platt Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Plainville has three straight wins, Platt has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Plainville will bounce into Friday's match after beating Middletown, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Plainville took down Middletown 55-38 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Platt played a tough game on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 43-22 to Newington. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Nor'easters are ranked 26th).
Plainville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Platt, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Plainville beat Platt 48-39 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Plainville since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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