Tolland is 1-9 against Manchester since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tolland Eagles will take on the Manchester Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Tolland took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They snuck past Edwin O. Smith with a 65-60 victory. The win continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Manchester waltzed into their matchup on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-62 victory over the Hornets. The 64-point effort marked the Red Hawks' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Manchester's win came from a few key players Tolland will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Joe Mugovero, who dropped a double-double with ten points and ten assists. He is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed three or more in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Cam Major, who went 7-for-11 to rack up 16 points.
Tolland now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Manchester, their win was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-1.
Tolland might still be hurting after the 91-70 defeat they got from Manchester in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manchester's Derrick Sheets, who went 10-for-17 from beyond the arc en route to 39 points and three steals. Now that Tolland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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