The West Lincoln Rebels and the Forestview Jaguars will round out the year against one another at at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for West Lincoln and five for Forestview.
West Lincoln is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Maiden on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Lincoln was dealt an 87-54 defeat at the hands of Maiden. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 52nd).
Loss or not, West Lincoln got some senior leadership from Jayce Rowe and Bryce Beddingfield. Rowe posted 20 points in addition to seven boards and four steals, while Beddingfield had 19 points. That was a full 35.2% of West Lincoln's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Blevins, who posted eight points and three steals.
Meanwhile, Forestview came up short against Crest on Friday and fell 68-55. While the Jaguars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Chargers 21-16 in the first quarter.
West Lincoln now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Forestview, they now also have a losing record at 4-5.
West Lincoln couldn't quite finish off Forestview when the teams last played back in December of 2023 and fell 66-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Forestview's Kamarrian Kendrick, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 19 points. Now that West Lincoln knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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