This season hasn't been kind to the Pittsfield Panthers, who are still winless after their fifth matchup. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 53-45 defeat to Farmington. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Pittsfield in their matchups with Farmington: they've now lost five in a row.
Pittsfield's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brayden Pelletier, who scored 19 points, and Justin Rivera who scored 16 points. Pelletier scored a full 42.2% of Pittsfield's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Pittsfield's defeat was their third straight at home, which bumped their record down to 0-5. As for Farmington, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Pittsfield has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Nute at 6:30 p.m. on January 10th. As for Farmington, they will head out on the road to face off against Mount Royal Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Mount Royal Academy is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
