Nauset Regional and Barnstable are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Nauset Regional Warriors will head out to take on the Barnstable Red Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, Nauset Regional didn't have quite enough to beat Falmouth and fell 59-56. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Clippers are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Barnstable entered their tilt with New Bedford on Monday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They snuck past the Whalers with a 74-69 win.
Barnstable pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points per game. As for Nauset Regional, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Nauset Regional suffered a grim 61-40 defeat to Barnstable in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Nauset Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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