North Kingstown fought the good fight in their overtime match against North Providence on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 78-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of the North Providence Cougars. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (57), the Skippers still had to take the loss.
Several Skippers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jack Diano, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine boards. Michael Deorsey was another key player, putting up 15 points and seven boards.
Skippers
| 01/13/25 @ North Providence | 22 |
| 01/09/25 @ Shea | 16 |
| 01/11/25 vs Lincoln | 15 |
| 01/07/25 vs Smithfield | 14 |
| 01/06/25 @ East Providence | 10 |
Even though they lost, North Kingstown was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
North Kingstown now has a losing record at 4-5. As for North Providence, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
North Kingstown will be playing at home against Portsmouth at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Kingstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62 points per game this season. As for North Providence, they will head out to face off against St. Raphael Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Providence knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully St. Raphael Academy likes a good challenge.
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