The Cranston East Thunderbolts will take on the Tolman Tigers in a holiday battle at at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Cranston East will head into Monday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Monday. They took a blow against Classical, falling 74-45. The loss continues a trend for the Thunderbolts in their matchups with the Purple: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Tolman fought the good fight in their overtime game against North Kingstown on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Skippers by a score of 74-72. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (68), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, Tolman got some senior leadership from John Hilaire and Josiah Washington. Hilaire went 9 of 19 en route to 28 points along with eight assists and seven boards, while Washington almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Those 28 points gave Hilaire a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicholas Fleury, who posted 13 points and seven rebounds.
Tolman's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1. As for Cranston East, their defeat was their first of the season and also makes their record 2-1.
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