Preview: Newport Wildcats vs. Beechwood Tigers
Newport and Beechwood are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Newport Wildcats will be playing at home against the Beechwood Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Newport will be looking to extend their current 18-game winning streak.
Newport stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 71-48 margin over Lloyd Memorial. Newport pushed the score to 57-31 by the end of the third, a deficit Lloyd Memorial cut but never quite recovered from.
Newport found their leader in underclassman Tay Kinney, who scored 24 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Jabari Covington was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Meanwhile, Beechwood managed to keep up with Campbell County until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Beechwood ended up on the wrong side of a tough 60-38 walloping at the hands of Campbell County. While losing is never fun, Beechwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 136th, while Campbell County is ranked 25th).
Newport is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season. As for Beechwood, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-13.
Everything came up roses for Newport against Beechwood when the teams last played back in February of 2023 as the team secured a 74-46 win. In that contest, Newport amassed a halftime lead of 33-13, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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