The Benedictine Cadets were handed a two-point defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against the Burke County Bears on Thursday. Benedictine was the clear victor by a 68-44 margin over Burke County. This was a revenge match for Benedictine, as the team was forced to settle for a 46-44 loss when these two played last Friday.
Caleb Jones was his usual excellent self, scoring 31 points along with six rebounds and three steals. That makes it ten consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Benedictine's points. Another player making a difference was LaDon Bryant, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Loss or not, Burke County got some senior leadership from Bryce Wimberly and Kelly Williams. Wimberly scored 15 points along with six rebounds and two steals, while Williams. scored eight points. Wimberly has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played.
Benedictine is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Burke County, their loss dropped their record down to 18-7.
Benedictine and New Hampstead will face off at 8:30 p.m. on February 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. New Hampstead will roll in looking for their 13th straight win, something Benedictine surely won't give up without a fight. As for Burke County, they and Southeast Bulloch will face off at 5:30 p.m. on February 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Burke County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Thursday.
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