Bethel is on a four-game streak of home losses, Heritage a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Bethel Bruins will welcome the Heritage Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, Bethel came up short against Norcom and fell 48-41.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heritage). They took their game last Friday with ease, bagging an 82-52 win over Hylton. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 382nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Heritage has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Bethel, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Bethel came up short against Heritage in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 71-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Heritage's Dj Lassiter, who posted 26 points and eight rebounds. Now that Bethel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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