Bunker Hill is 0-10 against Newton-Conover since January of 2022 but things could change on Tuesday. The Bunker Hill Bears will host the Newton-Conover Red Devils at 6:15 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Bunker Hill is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Maiden on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bunker Hill was dealt a 67-24 defeat 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 426th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 56th).
Meanwhile, Newton-Conover came up short against Bandys on Friday and fell 56-46.
This is the second loss in a row for Bunker Hill and nudges their season record down to 6-16. As for Newton-Conover, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
Bunker Hill was taken down by Newton-Conover 62-25 when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newton-Conover's Sara Sain, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 rebounds. Now that Bunker Hill knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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