The Burke County Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Butler Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Burke County is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Burke County is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Josey on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Burke County took a blow against Josey, falling 77-20. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Eagles are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Butler came up short against Josey on Saturday and fell 54-46.
Burke County's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Butler, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4.
Burke County was dealt a bruising 66-36 loss at the hands of Butler in their previous meeting back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Burke County was down 32-12.
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