Sutton suffered their biggest defeat since January 3rd on Tuesday. They came up short against the Hopedale Blue Raiders, falling 59-33. The Sammies haven't had much luck with the Blue Raiders recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Sutton lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Cam Benedict, who posted nine points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gus Jacobson, who earned nine points.
Leading Hopedale to victory were Patrick Madden and Robbie Manning. Madden put up 16 points, while Manning scored 14 points. The matchup was Madden's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was JJ Douglas, who had nine points.
Sutton now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Hopedale, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-1.
Sutton will look to defend their home court on February 5th against Whitinsville Christian at 6:30 p.m. As for Hopedale, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 57-54 loss against Nipmuc Regional on the 31st.
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