Basketball Game Preview: Culver Community Cavaliers vs. South Bend Career Academy Trailblazers

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Previous Games

12/15/23 - Away	57-5 W
12/16/22 - Home	63-24 W
12/17/21 - Neutral	62-36 W
01/20/21 - Away	57-41 W
12/20/19 - Neutral	66-11 W
+ 3 more games

Culver Community is 8-0 against South Bend Career Academy since December of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Culver Community Cavaliers just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the South Bend Career Academy Trailblazers at 6:00 p.m.

On Thursday, Culver Community was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 39-34 to North Judson-San Pierre. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Bluejays are ranked 95th).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Bend Career Academy). They took their contest on Monday with ease, bagging a 57-4 victory over Covert. With the Trailblazers ahead 33-2 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Culver Community better keep an eye on Alana Wright. She was instrumental in South Bend Career Academy's win, putting up 22 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Wright has scored at least a third of South Bend Career Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Muliyah Kelley, who posted ten points.

South Bend Career Academy's win ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-4. As for Culver Community, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.

Everything came up roses for Culver Community against South Bend Career Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 57-5 victory. Will Culver Community repeat their success, or does South Bend Career Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.