Basketball Game Preview: Belton-Honea Path Bears vs. Pendleton Bulldogs

The Belton-Honea Path Bears will take on the Pendleton Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Tuesday, Belton-Honea Path strolled past Crescent with points to spare, taking the game 74-59. The Bears pushed the score to 61-40 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, Pendleton waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 50-37 win over the Warriors. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly 13 points.

Belton-Honea Path is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points per game. As for Pendleton, they pushed their record up to 9-12 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Belton-Honea Path came up short against Pendleton in their previous matchup on Wednesday, falling 65-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pendleton's Samuel Ross, who went 5 for 11 en route to 26 points and five boards. Now that Belton-Honea Path knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.