The Edwin O. Smith Panthers are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Manchester Red Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on February 8th. Edwin O. Smith will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Connecticut Rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Manchester is ranked 11th).
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 92-52, which was the final score in Edwin O. Smith's tilt against East Catholic on Monday.
Meanwhile, Manchester came tearing into Monday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past Enfield with a 66-60 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Derrick Sheets continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 20 points. Another player making a difference was Jayveon Robinson, who scored no points along with 18 rebounds and four steals.
Edwin O. Smith's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Manchester, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Edwin O. Smith was dealt a bruising 68-38 loss at the hands of Manchester in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Edwin O. Smith avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
