Manchester hasn't had much luck against East Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Manchester Red Hawks will head out to challenge the East Catholic Eagles at 6:45 p.m. Manchester knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 games -- so hopefully East Catholic likes a good challenge.
Last Thursday, everything went Manchester's way against Lewis Mills as Manchester made off with a 73-52 victory. Given the Red Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Spartans are ranked 64th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, East Catholic was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 62-57 to Northwest Catholic.
East Catholic's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-3. As for Manchester, their win bumped their record up to 12-1.
Manchester came up short against East Catholic when the teams last played last Friday, falling 72-66. Can Manchester avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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