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| 02/06/24 - Home | 71-56 W |
| 01/16/24 - Away | 64-50 W |
| 02/03/23 - Away | 52-33 W |
| 01/10/23 - Home | 51-38 W |
| 02/15/22 - Home | 60-48 W |
| + 2 more games |
Lincolnton is 7-0 against East Burke since January of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lincolnton Wolves will welcome the East Burke Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Lincolnton's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Lincolnton will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating West Caldwell, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Lincolnton strolled past West Caldwell with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 90-75. The Wolves pushed the score to 64-42 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Lincolnton found their leader in sophomore LJ Smith IV, who dropped a double-double on 39 points and ten boards. That makes it five consecutive games in which Smith IV has scored at least a third of Lincolnton's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cam Smith, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.
Lincolnton was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
East Burke played in conference for the first time on Wednesday and they got just the result they we're looking for. They took down Bunker Hill 67-51.
Lincolnton pushed their record up to 10-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.2 points per game. As for East Burke, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
Lincolnton strolled past East Burke in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 71-56. Will Lincolnton repeat their success, or does East Burke have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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