The North Kingstown Skippers will take on the Portsmouth Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Providence, who was ranked second at the time (North Kingstown was ranked 18th). North Kingstown took a 78-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Providence. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Skippers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They managed a 73-68 victory over the Knights.
Portsmouth's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for North Kingstown, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
North Kingstown couldn't quite finish off Portsmouth in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 and fell 41-39. Will North Kingstown have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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