The Burns Bulldogs will venture away from home to square off against the East Gaston Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. East Gaston took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Burns, who comes in off a win.
Burns will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Bessemer City, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Burns sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 56-54 victory over Bessemer City on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, East Gaston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a blow against Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, falling 65-15. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 492nd, while the Gryphons are ranked 159th).
Burns is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.5 points per game. As for East Gaston, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
Burns didn't have too much breathing room in their game against East Gaston in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 38-32 win. Does Burns have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Gaston turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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