It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but the Douglas Tigers ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 59-56 win over Hopedale. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Douglas' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Adam Dunphy, who scored 14 points. Another player making a difference was Colton Howard, who scored 13 points.
Hopedale lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Patrick Madden, who scored 21 points. That was a full 37.5% of Hopedale's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Robbie Manning, who scored 14 points.
Douglas is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Hopedale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-7.
Douglas will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Sutton at 6:30 p.m. As for Hopedale, they will head out on the road to face off against Blackstone-Millville at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
