The Braintree Wamps will venture away from home to face off against the Lynn English Bulldogs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Braintree has five straight wins, Lynn English has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Braintree beat Milton 59-51. Given the Wamps' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Wildcats are ranked 115th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lynn English played a tough match on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt an 85-48 defeat at the hands of Central Catholic. The Bulldogs were down 65-36 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Braintree's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points over those games. As for Lynn English, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
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