Two dominant guards in Tyler Showalter and KJ Younger are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Butler Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Weddington Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Butler had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They snuck past the Ragin' Bulls with a 64-59 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Weddington had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.2 points), and they went ahead and made it 15 on Tuesday. They took down East Mecklenburg 67-52. The score was all tied up 30-30 at the break, but Weddington was the better team in the second half.
Weddington relied on the efforts of Grant Hamilton, who scored 26 points along with three steals, and Younger, who scored 28 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Mason Zepp, who scored five points.
Butler has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Weddington, their win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 26-1.
Butler came up short against Weddington when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 69-61. Can Butler avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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