West Mecklenburg hasn't had much luck against Hopewell recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. Having just played yesterday, the West Mecklenburg Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Hopewell Titans at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
West Mecklenburg is headed into Wednesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 20th straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They took a blow against North Mecklenburg, falling 79-17. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 551st, while the Vikings are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, Hopewell fought the good fight in their overtime match against Chambers on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They received a blow as they fell 88-74 to the Cougars. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (64), the Titans still had to take the loss.
West Mecklenburg's loss dropped their record down to 0-19. As for Hopewell, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
Things could have been worse for West Mecklenburg, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-47 loss to Hopewell in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Thankfully for West Mecklenburg, Derrick Eley (who went 8 of 11 en route to 21 points along with eight assists and eight rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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