The Newton-Conover Red Devils are taking a road trip to take on the Maiden Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Newton-Conover is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Bunker Hill: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Newton-Conover blew Bunker Hill out of the water with a 67-18 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Red Devils had established a 38 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Maiden came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed past the Wolves to the tune of 72-44. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Wolves are ranked 270th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maiden's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points over those games. As for Newton-Conover, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
Newton-Conover came up short against Maiden when the teams last played back in January, falling 61-50. Can Newton-Conover avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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