East Burke lost against Lincolnton back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The East Burke Cavaliers took a blow against the Lincolnton Wolves, falling 93-62. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 379th, while the Wolves are ranked 110th).
Barger Shook
| 02/07/25 vs Lincolnton | 62% |
| 02/04/25 vs Bunker Hill | 79% |
| 01/31/25 @ Newton-Conover | 50% |
| 01/28/25 vs Bandys | 70% |
| 01/24/25 vs Maiden | 71% |
Loss or not, East Burke got some senior leadership from Dautry Ragle and Barger Shook. Ragle posted 12 points and six assists, while Shook went 8 for 13 to rack up 16 points and seven rebounds. Shook is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last five games he's played. Carter Bennett was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Even though they lost, East Burke was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists.they racked up 11 more assists than Lincolnton's almost as impressive total of ten
LJ Smith IV was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 41 points and 13 boards for Lincolnton. That makes it three consecutive games in which Smith IV has scored at least a third of Lincolnton's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler McClain, who went 7 of 11 en route to 18 points and eight rebounds.
East Burke has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-13 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.2 points over those games. As for Lincolnton, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
Looking ahead, East Burke will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against West Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. East Burke is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.5 points per game this season. As for Lincolnton, they will head out to take on Maiden at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincolnton knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 22 contests -- so hopefully Maiden likes a good challenge.
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