Basketball Game Preview: Bunker Hill Bears vs. Bandys Trojans

The Bunker Hill Bears will square off against the Bandys Trojans at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Bunker Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with ten straight defeats, while Bandys will come in with three straight wins.

Last Tuesday, Bunker Hill lost to Newton-Conover at home by a 67-49 margin. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while the Red Devils are ranked 273rd).

Meanwhile, Bandys hadn't done well against West Caldwell recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Bandys came out on top against West Caldwell by a score of 63-51.

Bunker Hill better keep an eye on Landon Vaughan. He was instrumental in Bandys' win, going 12-for-17 en route to 31 points and five rebounds. Vaughan's evening made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Dominic Robinson was another key player, putting up ten points and four steals.

Bandys' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-6. As for Bunker Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 2-21.

Bunker Hill came up short against Bandys when the teams last played back in January, falling 83-76. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vaughan, who dropped a double-double with 30 points and ten boards. Now that Bunker Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.