The South Portland Red Riots are taking a road trip to take on the Thornton Academy Trojans at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. South Portland will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
If South Portland beats Thornton Academy with 55 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. South Portland narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Oxford Hills 55-52. Given the Red Riots' advantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Vikings are ranked 49th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Thornton Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Stags by a score of 61-49.
South Portland's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2. As for Thornton Academy, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
Things could have been worse for South Portland, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 59-43 loss to Thornton Academy in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can South Portland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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