Basketball Recap: Bandys Comes Up Short

Bandys lost against Lincolnton back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Bandys Trojans took an 84-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lincolnton Wolves. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (60), the Trojans still had to take the loss.

Landon Vaughan

Points

02/18/25 @ Lincolnton	35
02/17/25 vs East Burke	17
02/14/25 @ Bunker Hill	27
02/11/25 @ West Caldwell	31
02/07/25 vs Newton-Conover	16
+ 6 more games

When it comes to explaining why Bandys lost, don't look at Landon Vaughan. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 35 points and 12 rebounds. The match was Vaughan's 11th in a row with at least 16 points. Brady Swett was another key player, putting up ten points along with six assists and five boards.

Lincolnton found their leader in sophomore LJ Smith IV, who dropped a double-double with 45 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Smith IV has scored at least a third of Lincolnton's points. Another player making a difference was Cam Smith, who posted six points and 11 boards.

Bandys' loss dropped their record down to 18-7. As for Lincolnton, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 21-5.

Bandys does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincolnton, they will take on Maiden at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Lincolnton's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.