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| 02/19/24 - Home | 64-61 W |
| 01/26/24 - Away | 70-71 L |
| 12/15/23 - Home | 77-47 W |
| 02/14/23 - Home | 66-59 W |
| 01/20/23 - Home | 73-67 W |
| + 5 more games |
Lincolnton is 9-1 against Bunker Hill since January of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lincolnton Wolves will challenge the Bunker Hill Bears at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lincolnton has three straight wins, Bunker Hill has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Lincolnton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Shelby on Tuesday as Lincolnton made off with an 87-65 victory. The Wolves pushed the score to 67-37 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Lincolnton found their leader in sophomore LJ Smith IV, who dropped a double-double on 40 points and 11 boards. That makes it five consecutive games in which Smith IV has scored at least a third of Lincolnton's points. Another player making a difference was Nehemiah Thompson, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Bunker Hill didn't have quite enough to beat South Iredell on Tuesday and fell 48-46.
Lincolnton pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Bunker Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Lincolnton skirted past Bunker Hill 64-61 in their previous meeting back in February. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lincolnton since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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