Basketball Game Preview: South Central Satellites vs. Westville Blackhawks

South Central is 9-1 against Westville since December of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The South Central Satellites will challenge the Westville Blackhawks at 5:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

South Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Boone Grove, posting a 73-33 victory.

South Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Samantha Marks, who went 7 for 10 en route to 20 points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists, and Lexi Johnson, who went 8 of 16 on her way to 19 points along with six boards and six steals. Those six steals gave Johnson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gwen Mendenhall, who posted six points along with five assists and five steals.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: South Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Westville waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Satellites 53-28. Given the Blackhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Satellites are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Westville's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for South Central, they are also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-10 record this season.

South Central suffered a grim 53-28 defeat to Westville in their previous meeting on Saturday. Can South Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.