Newton-Conover lost against Maiden last Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Newton-Conover Red Devils took a 79-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Maiden Blue Devils. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (56), the Red Devils still had to take the loss.
Braxton Eckard
| 02/18/25 @ Maiden | 35 |
| 01/07/25 @ East Burke | 32 |
| 01/17/25 vs Bunker Hill | 31 |
| 12/03/24 @ East Rutherford | 27 |
| 02/17/25 vs West Caldwell | 26 |
Despite the loss, Newton-Conover still got an impressive performance from Braxton Eckard, who went 13-for-26 on his way to 35 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Eckard a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Zay Derr, who posted nine points and seven boards.
Newton-Conover's defeat dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Maiden, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season.
Newton-Conover does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Maiden, they will take on Lincolnton at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Lincolnton knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 26 matchups -- so hopefully Maiden likes a good challenge.
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