Newton-Conover lost against Maiden back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Newton-Conover Red Devils fell 73-63 to the Maiden Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 286th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 101st).
Braxton Eckard
| 02/14/25 @ Maiden | 9 |
| 12/30/24 vs Alexander Central | 7 |
| 01/16/24 @ Bandys | 6 |
| 01/31/25 vs East Burke | 4 |
| 01/17/25 vs Bunker Hill | 4 |
When it comes to explaining why Newton-Conover lost, don't look at Braxton Eckard. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double with 21 points and nine assists. The dominant performance gave Eckard a new career-high in assists. Mason Rice was another key player, going 5-for-6 en route to 17 points and five assists.
Eckard wasn't the only one working in the assist department: Newton-Conover was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Newton-Conover's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Maiden, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Newton-Conover wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 56-53 win against West Caldwell on the 17th. As for Maiden, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 95-72 victory against Bunker Hill on the 17th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
