The Bristol Eastern Lancers will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Edwin O. Smith Panthers at 6:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bristol Eastern has five straight victories, Edwin O. Smith has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Middletown scored an imposing 60 points on Thursday, Bristol Eastern still came out on top. Bristol Eastern walked away with a 68-60 win over Middletown.
Meanwhile, Edwin O. Smith pushed their score all the way to 57 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They had to suffer through a rough 101-57 loss at the hands of Manchester. While losing is never fun, Edwin O. Smith can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while Manchester is ranked 11th).
Bristol Eastern is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Edwin O. Smith, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-9.
Bristol Eastern lost to Edwin O. Smith at home by a decisive 73-56 margin when the teams last played back in January of 2020. Will Bristol Eastern have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
