Blackstone-Millville lost against Hopedale back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Blackstone-Millville Chargers fell 50-38 to the Hopedale Blue Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Blue Raiders are ranked 48th).
Despite the defeat, Blackstone-Millville had strong showings from Jackson Dunton, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine boards, and Cody Fletcher, who posted nine points. The team also got some help courtesy of Karson Cournoyer, who had 11 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hopedale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Patrick Madden, who put up 17 points. Nathan Rutkowski was another key player, putting up 15 points.
Blackstone-Millville's record is now 4-4. As for Hopedale, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Blackstone-Millville will square off against Whitinsville Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Blackstone-Millville is facing Whitinsville Christian at the right time seeing as Whitinsville Christian is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Hopedale, they will face off against Sutton at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopedale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
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