Basketball Preview: Boonville Pioneers vs. Evansville Harrison Warriors
Boonville hasn't had much luck against Evansville Harrison recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Boonville Pioneers will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Evansville Harrison Warriors at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Boonville was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 67-61 to Evansville Bosse. The Pioneers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Evansville Harrison managed to keep up with New Albany until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Evansville Harrison was dealt an 85-57 defeat at the hands of New Albany. The Warriors were down 62-40 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Evansville Harrison might have lost, but man, Shane Sims was a machine: he went 9 for 16 en route to 24 points plus three steals. Another player making a difference was Bryan Kendrick, who went 5 for 10 en route to 13 points.
Boonville now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Evansville Harrison, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Boonville was taken down by Evansville Harrison 88-50 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sims, who went 7 for 9 en route to 18 points plus five assists and five steals. Now that Boonville 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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