West Lincoln is 2-8 against Newton-Conover since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The West Lincoln Rebels will be staying on the road to face off against the Newton-Conover Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. on February 19th. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, things could have been worse for West Lincoln, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 67-51 loss to Lincolnton. While losing is never fun, West Lincoln can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 525th, while Lincolnton is ranked 126th).
The losing side was boosted by Mikalister Anderson, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and four steals. He has been hot recently, having posted 18 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Hartsoe, who scored four points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Newton-Conover unfortunately witnessed the end of their 13-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 75-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of Maiden. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (66), Newton-Conover still had to take the loss.
West Lincoln dropped their record down to 3-21 with that loss, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Newton-Conover, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-6.
West Lincoln was dealt a bruising 85-45 defeat at the hands of Newton-Conover in their previous meeting last Friday. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Lincoln was down 58-22.
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