Preview: Chapel Hill Red Devils vs. Beckville Bearcats
The Chapel Hill Red Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Beckville Bearcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Chapel Hill comes in on 28 and Beckville on 11.
Chapel Hill put the finishing touches on their 23rd blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 81-22 victory over Quitman. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Chapel Hill had established a 51 point advantage.
It was another big night for Braden Buchanan, who scored 28 points along with five rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last three games he's played. Cayden Martinez was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Beckville beat Garrison 56-52 on Tuesday. Given Beckville's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while Garrison is ranked 911th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chapel Hill pushed their record up to 31-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight on the road. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 40.4 points. As for Beckville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season.
Chapel Hill came up short against Beckville when the teams last played back in December of 2021, falling 71-60. Can Chapel Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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