The Middletown Islanders are taking a road trip to square off against the Cranston West Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Middletown will be strutting in after a win while Cranston West will be coming in after a defeat.
Middletown is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Odessa 101-98. Given the Islanders' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 33rd in Rhode Island, while the Tigers are ranked 298th in Washington), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cranston West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 57-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pilgrim.
Cranston West's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Middletown, they moved to 5-10 with that win, which also ended their five-game losing streak.
Middletown lost to Cranston West on the road by a decisive 60-41 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Middletown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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