Maiden is 2-8 against South Caldwell since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Having just played yesterday, the Maiden Blue Devils will jump right back in to play the South Caldwell Spartans at 12:00 p.m. Hopefully Maiden focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Thursday.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you nail eight more threes than your opponent, a fact Maiden proved. They wrapped up 2023 with a 60-42 win over Bunker Hill.
Maiden can attribute much of their success to Kynsea Pugh, who scored 17 points along with four steals. Those 17 points set a new season-high mark for her. Neeley Campbell was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with five steals.
Meanwhile, South Caldwell beat Newton-Conover on Thursday by the very same score they won with last week: 52-36. Given South Caldwell's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while Newton-Conover is ranked 438th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maiden's record now sits at 3-6. As for South Caldwell, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-4.
Maiden ended up a good deal behind South Caldwell in their previous meeting back in November, losing 49-30. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Caldwell's Lillie Bumgarner, who scored 23 points. Now that Maiden knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
