Girls Basketball: Turnovers costly as EWG ends Prout\u2019s win streak

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Mixed in with disappointment and lessons to be learned, Prout coach Scott Marques hopes his girls basketball team takes a dose of confidence away from Thursday’s 42-36 loss to first-place Exeter-West Greenwich. The young Crusaders again proved themselves capable of matching up with the top of Division III, going step-for-step with a Scarlet Knights team that has been the class of the league thus far. “I would hope they would be confident after this,” Prout coach Scott Marques said. “That’s what we’re going to harp on at practice. They shouldn’t hang their heads. They should be confident. It was a battle.” The loss stopped Prout’s seven-game win...