The Garinger Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Butler Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Garinger has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Butler will arrive with seven straight wins.
Garinger is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against West Charlotte on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Garinger lost 61-39 to West Charlotte. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 428th, while the Lions are ranked 91st).
Meanwhile, Butler was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Chambers 71-39. Fans of the Bulldogs have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Butler pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 39.3 points. As for Garinger, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Things could have been worse for Garinger, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 73-59 loss to Butler when the teams last played back in January. Can Garinger avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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