On Tuesday, East Providence faced Portsmouth in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The East Providence Townies took a 66-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Portsmouth Patriots. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), the Townies still had to take the loss.
East Providence is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-9. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.7 points per game. As for Portsmouth, their win bumped their record up to 12-5.
When East Providence and Portsmouth next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. East Providence will try to stop Tolman's three-game winning streak when the meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Similarly, Portsmouth will face off against Barrington and their five-game winning streak at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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