It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rhode Island School for the Deaf can now relate to. They took a 60-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Grove Hawks on Thursday. Rhode Island School for the Deaf's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Correy Oliveira
| 03/06/25 vs Grove | 18 |
| 03/04/25 vs Franklin Academy | 17 |
| 02/16/25 vs Rochester School for the Deaf | 16 |
| 12/14/24 vs Katzenbach School for the Deaf | 16 |
| 12/05/24 vs Middlebridge | 13 |
Several Rhode Island School for the Deaf players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Correy Oliveira, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 18 rebounds. Those 18 boards gave Oliveira a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Howard Valentin, who almost dropped a triple-double with 13 points, nine rebounds, and 11 assists.
Even though they lost, Rhode Island School for the Deaf was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.9 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 10.4.
Rhode Island School for the Deaf's defeat dropped their record down to 15-12. As for Grove, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
As of now, neither Rhode Island School for the Deaf nor Grove have any future games scheduled.
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