North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell 66-53 to the Burncoat Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Polar Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Patriots are ranked 41st).
Burncoat's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kevin Dunn, who posted 22 points. The dominant performance gave Dunn a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Johnston, who scored 16 points.
North's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Burncoat, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
North has already played their next contest (against Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Burncoat will take on South at 6:30 p.m. on January 22nd. One thing working in South's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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