East Greenwich is 5-0 against Rogers since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Greenwich Avengers will head out to take on the Rogers Vikings at 7:00 p.m. East Greenwich knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Rogers likes a good challenge.
East Greenwich easily dispatched Tiverton on Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. East Greenwich fell just short of Stonington by a score of 62-60 on Friday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Avengers came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 30th in Rhode Island, while the Bears are ranked 87th in Connecticut).
| 01/31/25 @ Stonington | 21 |
| 01/29/25 vs Tiverton | 15 |
| 01/27/25 @ South Kingstown | 20 |
| 01/23/25 @ Juanita Sanchez Complex | 15 |
| 01/21/25 vs Johnston | 18 |
East Greenwich's loss came about despite a quality game from Rees Maccarone, who posted 21 points. Maccarone's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dante Desmarais, who scored 13 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rogers). They snuck past West Warwick with a 61-55 victory on Friday.
Rogers is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for East Greenwich, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
East Greenwich took their win against Rogers in their previous meeting back in February of 2021 by a conclusive 73-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Greenwich since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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