Basketball Game Preview: Lumberton Pirates vs. Douglas Byrd Eagles

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Previous Games

02/05/25 - Away	61-37 W
02/09/24 - Away	45-35 W
01/16/24 - Home	70-35 W
02/03/23 - Home	65-27 W
01/10/23 - Away	62-31 W
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Lumberton is 8-0 against Douglas Byrd since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lumberton Pirates will look to defend their home court against the Douglas Byrd Eagles at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lumberton has five straight victories, Douglas Byrd has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Lumberton beats Douglas Byrd with 61 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Everything went Lumberton's way against Douglas Byrd on Wednesday as Lumberton made off with a 61-37 win. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 22 points or more this season.

Lumberton will have to contain Jazmine Burns as she made an impact in Douglas Byrd's last game. She dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 boards. That was a full 48.6% of Douglas Byrd's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Lumberton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points per game. As for Douglas Byrd, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.