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Gardner-Webb Bulldogs @ NC Central Eagles
Present Information: Gardner-Webb 0-1, NC Central 0-1
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The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs are taking a street journey to face off towards the NC Central Eagles at 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday at McDougald-McLendon Enviornment. Provided that the 2 groups suffered a loss of their final recreation, they each have just a little additional motivation heading into this matchup.
Gardner-Webb cannot be to completely satisfied about their upcoming street match contemplating what occurred after they opened their season on the away from house on Monday. They took a tough 80-64 fall towards Tennessee.
The shedding facet was boosted by Darryl Simmons II, who posted 22 factors. The dominant efficiency additionally gave him a brand new career-high in threes (4).
Gardner-Webb struggled to work collectively and completed the sport with solely eight assists. They have been crushed by their opponents in that division as Tennessee racked up 16.
In the meantime, issues might have been worse for NC Central, however they might have been a complete lot higher as they took a 75-58 loss to George Mason on Monday. The Eagles have not had a lot luck with the Patriots lately, because the group’s come up brief the final two instances they’ve met.
NC Central’s defeat should not obscure the performances of Isaac Parson, who had 13 factors, and Josh Smith, who earned 14 factors.
Gardner-Webb got here out on prime in a nail-biter towards NC Central when the groups final performed again in December of 2022, sneaking previous 72-70. The rematch is perhaps just a little harder for Gardner-Webb because the group will not have the home-court benefit this time round. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a distinction.
Sequence Historical past
NC Central and Gardner-Webb each have 2 wins of their final 4 video games.
- Dec 17, 2022 – Gardner-Webb 72 vs. NC Central 70
- Nov 26, 2022 – NC Central 58 vs. Gardner-Webb 53
- Dec 15, 2021 – NC Central 72 vs. Gardner-Webb 71
- Nov 29, 2021 – Gardner-Webb 83 vs. NC Central 58