Basketball Game Preview: Cromwell Panthers vs. Coginchaug Regional Blue Devils

The Cromwell Panthers will take on the Coginchaug Regional Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Cromwell is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 61-23 victory over Westbrook. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 28 point advantage.

Cromwell found their leader in sophomore Peyton Kelleher, who almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine boards. With that strong performance, Kelleher is now averaging an impressive 15.4 points per game. Chloe Crawford was another key player, putting up nine points and three steals.

Cromwell was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Coginchaug Regional entered their tilt with Valley Regional on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Warriors 58-27. 58 seems to be a good number for the Blue Devils as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

Cromwell better focus on containing Aaliyah Watson and Sophie Farr as the pair were huge in Coginchaug Regional's win. Watson went 6 of 11 on her way to 12 points along with seven boards and four steals, while Farr almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine steals. The dominant performance also gave Watson a new career-high in assists (four). Shayla Vazquez was another key player, posting ten points along with five rebounds and four steals.

Coginchaug Regional pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cromwell, their win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-5.

Cromwell and Coginchaug Regional were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January of 2024, but Cromwell came up empty-handed after a 45-44 defeat. Can Cromwell avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.