The Northwestern Regional Highlanders will square off against the Nonnewaug Chiefs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwestern Regional comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Northwestern Regional is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Shepaug Valley 70-64. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Spartans are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Nonnewaug earned a 63-56 win over Lakeview on Wednesday.
Nonnewaug's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Northwestern Regional, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Northwestern Regional couldn't quite finish off Nonnewaug when the teams last played back in January of 2024 and fell 68-66. Can Northwestern Regional avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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