Basketball Preview: St. Stephens Indians vs. Bunker Hill Bears
St. Stephens is 9-1 against Bunker Hill since November of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Stephens Indians will square off against the Bunker Hill Bears at 7:45 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Stephens is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since February 6th on Tuesday. They fell just short of Maiden by a score of 68-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (64), the Indians still had to take the loss.
St. Stephens' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Noah Vanbeurden, who went 8 for 15 en route to 26 points, and Jachavis Sherrill, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. The match was Vanbeurden's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Javian White, who had 15 points.
Meanwhile, Bunker Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against West Iredell, falling 87-66. That makes it the first time this season the Bears have let down their home crowd.
Bunker Hill's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for St. Stephens, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
St. Stephens strolled past Bunker Hill in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a score of 77-60. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Stephens since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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