Basketball Game Preview: Bunker Hill Minutemen vs. Tri-City Tornadoes

By Team Reports Dec 6, 2024, 6:33am

Basketball Preview: Bunker Hill Minutemen vs. Tri-City Tornadoes

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Having just played yesterday, the Bunker Hill Minutemen will head out on the road to face off against the Tri-City Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bunker Hill is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.

Bunker Hill is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since January 30th on Thursday. They lost 52-30 to Staunton.

The losing side was boosted by Cole Yates, who posted 11 points. That was a full 36.7% of Bunker Hill's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Manar, who earned six points.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tri-City). Everything went their way against Cerro Gordo/Bement on Tuesday as Tri-City made off with a 54-29 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Tornadoes just coasted through the last quarter.

Tri-City's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3. As for Bunker Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.

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