The Uxbridge Spartans will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Hopedale Blue Raiders at 5:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Thursday, Uxbridge came up short against Northbridge and fell 50-39. Uxbridge has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The losing side was boosted by Ethan Mccusker, who scored 15 points. That was a full 38.5% of Uxbridge's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Aidan Blood was another key contributor, scoring seven points.
Meanwhile, Hopedale struggled with threes on Wednesday (Millbury had six more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Hopedale's tough 58-37 defeat to Millbury might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Hopedale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while Millbury is ranked 27th).
Hopedale might have lost, but man, Patrick Madden was a machine: he scored 26 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Madden has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Robbie Manning, who scored seven points.
Uxbridge's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7. As for Hopedale, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
Uxbridge might still be hurting after the 62-42 defeat they got from Hopedale in their previous matchup back in January of 2020. Can Uxbridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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