The East Greenwich Avengers will challenge the West Warwick Wizards at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. East Greenwich is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.9 points per game this season.
Last Friday, East Greenwich came up short against Pilgrim and fell 58-49. While losing is never fun, the Avengers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Rhode Island basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Patriots are ranked fourth).
| 01/03/25 @ Pilgrim | 21 |
| 12/28/24 vs Johnston | 23 |
| 12/27/24 @ Cranston East | 18 |
| 12/23/24 @ Coventry | 18 |
| 12/21/24 @ Prout | 24 |
East Greenwich might have lost, but man, Rees Maccarone was a machine: he posted 21 points. The game was Maccarone's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Quinn Scaramella, who earned eight points.
Meanwhile, West Warwick didn't have too much trouble with Middletown on Friday as they won 71-57.
East Greenwich better keep an eye on Owen Stearns. He was instrumental in West Warwick's win, going 11 for 20 on his way to 28 points and five rebounds. That's the most points Stearns has posted since back in January of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Gregory Benton, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 15 points and six assists.
West Warwick's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for East Greenwich, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-6.
East Greenwich came out on top in a nail-biter against West Warwick when the teams last played back in February of 2020, sneaking past 59-56. Does East Greenwich have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Warwick turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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