Basketball Recap: Jasper Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Jasper faced off against Corydon Central on Saturday. The Jasper Wildcats fell just short of the Corydon Central Panthers by a score of 60-57. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Panthers are ranked 104th).

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Corydon Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Grant Lindemann, who went 5 of 12 en route to 21 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Lindemann's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of T-Mac Wilkinson, who posted 14 points in addition to six boards and five assists.

Jasper's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Corydon Central, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-1.

Jasper will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Evansville Central at 7:00 p.m. on January 3rd. As for Corydon Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 58-20 win against Crawford County on the 27th.