The Portsmouth Patriots will face off against the Westerly Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Portsmouth will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Wednesday, Portsmouth was able to grind out a solid win over Smithfield, taking the game 51-41. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Rhode Island basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Sentinels are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Westerly suffered their closest loss since January 12, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of North Kingstown by a score of 78-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Westerly and nudges their season record down to 10-13. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points over those games. As for Portsmouth, their victory bumped their record up to 16-6.
Portsmouth strolled past Westerly when the teams last played on Monday by a score of 83-67. Will Portsmouth repeat their success, or does Westerly have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
