The Middletown Blue Dragons will face off against the Northwest Catholic Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Middletown sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 50-48 win over East Catholic. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Middletown.
Shalyn Smith continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 17 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Middletown's points. Another player making a difference was Tessa Porch, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Northwest Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Southington on Monday, taking the game 55-44.
Middletown's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.8 points per game. As for Northwest Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Middletown suffered a grim 60-40 defeat to Northwest Catholic in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. Can Middletown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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