The Millbury Woolies won the last time they faced the Sutton Sammies, and things went their way on Monday too. Millbury enjoyed a cozy 50-34 win over the Sammies. Given Millbury's advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Sammies are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Millbury was led to victory by Tyler Vaccaro and Kenny Donnelly. Vaccaro scored 14 points, while Donnelly scored 18 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Donnelly has scored at least a third of Millbury's points. Anthony Phillipo was another key contributor, scoring seven points.
Several Sammies players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Charles Marchand, who scored eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cam Benedict, who scored six points.
Millbury is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Sutton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-9.
Millbury won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against the Lancers at 6:30 p.m. on February 6th. As for Sutton, they will head out on the road to square off against the Beavers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
