Whitinsville Christian lost against Hopedale on January 3rd and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Whitinsville Christian Crusaders had to suffer through a 67-34 loss at the hands of the Hopedale Blue Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the Blue Raiders are ranked 67th).
Whitinsville Christian lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Eamon Moloney, who posted nine points. Micah Deters was another key player, putting up six points.
Hopedale got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was JJ Douglas out in front who had 15 points. Douglas is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Patrick Madden, who scored 15 points.
Whitinsville Christian's loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Hopedale, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
Whitinsville Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Blackstone-Millville at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Hopedale, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 66-39 win against Keefe Tech on the 25th.
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