Basketball Game Preview: Eastern Randolph Wildcats vs. Trinity Bulldogs

The Eastern Randolph Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Trinity Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern Randolph has four straight wins, Trinity has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Eastern Randolph can't be too worried about heading out to take on Trinity: they just beat Uwharrie Charter Academy at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Eastern Randolph walked away with an 84-77 victory over Uwharrie Charter Academy on Thursday.

Timothy Brower continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 11 of 27 en route to 37 points and five rebounds. He continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Julian Brooks, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 23-23 at halftime, Trinity was not quite Providence Grove's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell to the Patriots 53-47.

Eastern Randolph will need focus on slowing down Walker Parrish, one of several Trinity players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zy'Iveon Holmes, who put up 17 points and five rebounds.

Trinity's defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Eastern Randolph, their record now sits at 6-3.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Eastern Randolph has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 30.1 boards per game. However, it's not like Trinity struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Eastern Randolph lost to Trinity on the road by a decisive 71-56 margin in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Eastern Randolph avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.