Peabody Veterans Memorial has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Beverly Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Peabody Veterans Memorial's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last six matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Peabody Veterans Memorial gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They claimed a resounding 71-44 victory over Danvers on the road. Given Peabody Veterans Memorial's advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while Danvers is ranked 285th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Beverly unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 69-60 to Marblehead. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Tuesday (59), Beverly still had to take the loss.
Peabody Veterans Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Beverly, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-6.
Peabody Veterans Memorial strolled past Beverly in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 71-57. Does Peabody Veterans Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Beverly turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.