The Windham Whippets will head out on the road to challenge the New London Whalers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Windham is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 76-44, which was the final score in Windham's tilt against Norwich Free Academy on Monday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Windham has scored all season.
Despite the defeat, Windham got a solid performance out of Tahj Jones, who scored 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Green, who scored eight points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, New London faced Fitch in a battle between two of the state's top teams. New London came out on top against Fitch by a score of 69-61 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back wins for New London.
It was another big night for Devan Williams, who scored 20 points along with three steals. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last 12 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Julius Washington, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Windham's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for New London, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Windham hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 61.4 points per game. However, it's not like New London struggles in that department as they've been averaging 75.5 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Windham might still be hurting after the 77-55 loss they got from New London in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Williams, who scored 19 points along with four steals. Now that Windham knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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