After flying high against St. Patrick Academy last Monday, Prout came back down to earth. The Prout Crusaders took a 72-67 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Toll Gate Titans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (63), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.

Charlie Horne
01/29/25 @ Toll Gate | 18 |
01/27/25 vs St. Patrick Academy | 23 |
01/23/25 @ Mt. Hope | 22 |
01/21/25 vs North Smithfield | 23 |
01/17/25 @ Central Falls | 18 |
Several Crusaders players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Charlie Horne, who went 7 for 17 on his way to 18 points. The matchup was Horne's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Lawson O'Hearn, who posted 15 points along with five assists and five boards.
Damola Oremosu was a one-man wrecking crew for Toll Gate as he dropped a double-double on 26 points and 17 rebounds. Those 26 points gave Oremosu a new career-high. Brayden Healey was another key player, putting up 12 points and eight boards.
Prout moved to 11-6 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Toll Gate, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-3.
Prout will challenge Ponaganset at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Prout's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 11 games. As for Toll Gate, they will square off against Hope at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Toll Gate is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season.
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