The Wahconah Regional Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Pittsfield Generals at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Wahconah Regional didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Taconic, but they still walked away with a 47-41 victory.
Meanwhile, Pittsfield entered their tilt with Minnechaug Regional with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Pittsfield was the clear victor by a 78-53 margin over Minnechaug Regional. Pittsfield pushed the score to 61-37 by the end of the third, a deficit Minnechaug Regional had little chance of recovering from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pittsfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Marcello Arienti, who scored 14 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Arienti has scored all season. Da'Sean Brown was another key contributor, scoring 15 points.
The win got Wahconah Regional back to even at 6-6. As for Pittsfield, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Wahconah Regional lost to Pittsfield on the road by a decisive 72-54 margin in their previous matchup last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who scored 31 points. Now that Wahconah Regional knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.