Bunker Hill is 2-8 against Newton-Conover since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bunker Hill Bears will host the Newton-Conover Red Devils at 7:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Bunker Hill is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 87-44 loss at the hands of Maiden. 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 Blue Devils are ranked 113th).
Meanwhile, Newton-Conover came up short against Bandys on Friday and fell 52-45.
Newton-Conover's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Bunker Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-20.
Bunker Hill took a serious blow against Newton-Conover in their previous matchup back in January, falling 68-38. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newton-Conover's Braxton Eckard, who went 6 of 10 from beyond the arc en route to 31 points in addition to seven boards and four steals. Now that Bunker Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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