Berlin hasn't had much luck against Middletown recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Berlin Redcoats will head out to face off against the Middletown Blue Dragons at 6:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Berlin is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 61 points on Saturday, they were much more limited against New Britain on Monday. They received a blow as they fell 48-30 to the Golden Hurricanes. While losing is never fun, the Redcoats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Golden Hurricanes are ranked 39th).
Meanwhile, Middletown suffered their closest loss since January 13th on Monday. They fell just short of Maloney by a score of 54-51.
Middletown's defeat was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-13. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points over those games. As for Berlin, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Berlin came up short against Middletown when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 66-53. Can Berlin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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