Basketball Preview: Bangs Dragons vs. Eula Pirates
Bangs is on a 14-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Eula a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Monday. The Bangs Dragons will host the Eula Pirates at 2:30 p.m. Hopefully Bangs focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 42 on Friday.
Last Friday, Bangs lost to Early on the road by a 65-49 margin.
Despite the loss, Bangs had strong showings from Braxton Wommack, who earned 18 points in addition to seven rebounds and two steals, and Wiliam Hinds, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 36.7% of Bangs' points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Even though they lost, Bangs smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Eula was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 57-53 to Garner.
Eula's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Bangs, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
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