Basketball Recap: Eight Straight Road Wins for Newcastle

By Team Reports Feb 28, 2025, 6:57pm

Basketball Recap: Newcastle Racers vs. Blanchard Lions

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With a playoff win on the line, Newcastle rose to the challenge on Thursday. They took down the Blanchard Lions 42-23. Given the Racers' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Lions are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

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Previous Games (Away)

02/27/25 @ Blanchard42-23
02/07/25 @ Crossings Christian61-31
02/04/25 @ Oklahoma Christian Academy69-23
01/28/25 @ Tuttle64-34
01/21/25 @ Bethany56-40
+ 3 more games

Newcastle's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points over those games. As for Blanchard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-13.

As of now, neither Newcastle nor Blanchard have any future games scheduled.

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