The Norwich Free Academy Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the New London Whalers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Norwich Free Academy comes in on three and the Whalers on six.
Even though Ledyard scored an imposing 60 points on Tuesday, Norwich Free Academy still came out on top. Norwich Free Academy walked away with a 69-60 win over the Colonels. Given Norwich Free Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Colonels are ranked 139th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, New London put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Windham 77-55. New London pushed the score to 61-33 by the end of the third, a deficit the Whippets cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Devan Williams, who scored 19 points along with four steals. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last eight games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Savahn Warren, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and five assists.
Norwich Free Academy now has a winning record of 7-6. As for New London, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
Norwich Free Academy opened the new year with a less-than-successful 71-58 loss to the Whalers. Can Norwich Free Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
