The New Bern Bears will venture away from home to take on the Havelock Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. New Bern is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
Last Friday, New Bern was beaten by D.H. Conley 68-36. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 442nd, while the Vikings are ranked 172nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Havelock). Everything went their way against Northside - Jacksonville on Friday as Havelock made off with a 49-24 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Rams just coasted through the last quarter.
Havelock's win came from a few key players New Bern will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kaitlynn Howell, who went 6 of 13 en route to 13 points and eight boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. Lanai Brantley was another key player, putting up 12 points and five rebounds.
Havelock smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in four consecutive games.
New Bern's loss dropped their record down to 3-14. As for Havelock, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8.
New Bern and Havelock were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but New Bern came up empty-handed after a 31-30 defeat. Can New Bern avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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