Basketball Game Preview: Noblesville Millers vs. Anderson Indians

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Previous Games

12/14/21 - Home	84-25 W
12/15/20 - Away	75-53 W
12/17/19 - Home	77-45 W
12/11/18 - Away	52-62 L
01/30/18 - Neutral	72-44 W
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Noblesville is 9-1 against Anderson since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Noblesville Millers will welcome the Anderson Indians at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Noblesville has 13 straight wins, Anderson has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Noblesville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Franklin Central, who was ranked 25th at the time (Noblesville was ranked fourth). Noblesville came out on top against Franklin Central by a score of 56-46 on Saturday. The score was all tied up 27-27 at the break, but the Millers were the better team in the second half.

It was another big night for Meredith Tippner, who shot 4-for-6 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 36 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Noblesville's points. Kate Rollins was another key player, putting up 13 points.

Meanwhile, Anderson played a tough matchup on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 64-40 to Heritage Christian.

Noblesville will need focus on slowing down Nyla Macklin, one of several Anderson players who made an impact when they last played. She went 5 of 8 en route to 10 points. The dominant performance gave Macklin a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Cambreanna Austin, who posted six points in addition to nine boards and three steals.

Noblesville's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Anderson, their loss dropped their record down to 2-19.

Everything came up roses for Noblesville against Anderson in their previous meeting back in December of 2021, as the team secured an 84-25 win. In that contest, Noblesville amassed a halftime lead of 52-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.