Holyoke and Putnam Vo-Tech are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Holyoke Purple Knights will welcome the Putnam Vo-Tech Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Holyoke knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully Putnam Vo-Tech likes a good challenge.
On Friday, Holyoke needed a bit of extra time to put away Amherst-Pelham Regional. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Hurricanes 56-54. The 56-point effort marked the Purple Knights' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Putnam Vo-Tech was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 54-51 heartbreaker at the hands of Albany. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Beavers have suffered since February 19, 2024.
Putnam Vo-Tech's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Holyoke, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
Everything came up roses for Holyoke against Putnam Vo-Tech in their previous meeting on January 3rd, as the team secured an 86-58 victory. In that contest, Holyoke amassed a halftime lead of 43-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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