The Smithfield Sentinels will take on the East Providence Townies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Smithfield will be strutting in after a win while East Providence will be coming in after a defeat.
Smithfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Scituate to the tune of 87-40 on Monday.
Meanwhile, East Providence faced North Providence in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. East Providence fell just short of North Providence by a score of 38-36. The game marked the Townies' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Smithfield will need focus on slowing down Tyler Gomez, one of several East Providence players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 11 points and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Franklin Carela Lopez, who earned ten points and eight rebounds.
The victory got Smithfield back to even at 2-2. As for East Providence, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Smithfield came up short against East Providence in their previous matchup back in January, falling 48-42. Can Smithfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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