Burrillville and West Warwick squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Burrillville had to settle for second. They fell just short of the West Warwick Wizards by a score of 69-67. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wizards this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 87-67 back in February.

Logan Gelinas
02/28/25 vs West Warwick | 22 |
02/21/25 @ North Providence | 20 |
02/18/25 vs Coventry | 7 |
02/14/25 @ Moses Brown | 10 |
02/13/25 @ Juanita Sanchez Complex | 4 |
+ 12 more games |
Despite the loss, Burrillville still got an impressive performance from Logan Gelinas, who shot 5-for-7 from deep and dropped a double-double with 22 points and ten boards. That's the most points Gelinas has posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Jordan Furtado, who shot 71% from the field to rack up 12 points and three steals.
Even though they lost, Burrillville was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. This was only their second loss (out of 13 games) when they've passed the ball that well.
Owen Stearns was his usual excellent self, going 10-for-19 on his way to 25 points and six rebounds for West Warwick. Stearns' big performance that evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gregory Benton, who earned 13 points and three steals.
Burrillville's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for West Warwick, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-5.
Burrillville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Warwick, they will venture away from home to square off against Moses Brown at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Moses Brown is on a ten-game streak of home wins, West Warwick a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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