Cherryville is on a seven-game streak of home losses, Bessemer City a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Cherryville Ironmen will welcome the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Cherryville is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Highland Tech on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cherryville lost 56-30 to Highland Tech. The Ironmen were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 33-11.
Meanwhile, Bessemer City's game on Friday was all tied up 31-31 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 73-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of Burns. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 394th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 190th).
Cherryville will need to focus on slowing down Tristen Gordon, one of several Bessemer City players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a triple-double on 22 points, ten rebounds, and ten assists. Those ten boards gave Gordon a new career-high. Raheem Mcclure was another key player, going 8 of 17 en route to 18 points and five rebounds.
Cherryville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-21. As for Bessemer City, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
Cherryville came up short against Bessemer City in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 66-59. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bessemer City's Josiah Guyton, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 boards. Now that Cherryville 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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