The West Caldwell Warriors waltzed into their game on Friday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They walked away with a 72-64 victory over Newton-Conover. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Leading West Caldwell to victory were Nylan Battle and Jordan Patterson. Battle scored 20 points along with eight rebounds and six assists, while Patterson almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine rebounds. Patterson has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played. Dallas Fox was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with two blocks.
West Caldwell has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Newton-Conover, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-7.
West Caldwell will be playing in front of their home fans against East Gaston at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Caldwell is on a six-game streak of home wins, East Gaston a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Newton-Conover, they will stay at home for another game and welcome West Stanly at 6:00 p.m. on February 27th. Newton-Conover has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,355 points over their last 20 games.
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