The East Providence Townies will face off against the Tolman Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. East Providence has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
East Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Portsmouth, who was ranked eighth at the time (East Providence was ranked 16th). East Providence took a 66-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of Portsmouth on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (58), the Townies still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Tolman's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against Classical, falling 78-53. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Tigers have suffered since January 6th.
East Providence now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Tolman, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8.
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