Joey Schmitz leads Center Grove to victory over Jeffersonville

By Team Reports Feb 20, 2024, 1:00pm

Recap: Center Grove Trojans vs. Jeffersonville Red Devils

The Center Grove Trojans had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.1 points), and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They took down Jeffersonville 71-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.

It was another big night for Joey Schmitz, who scored 21 points along with three steals. Peyton Byrd was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with three blocks.

Jeffersonville lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being P.j. Douglas, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds. Douglas continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Cooper, who scored 12 points along with five assists and four steals.

Center Grove has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Jeffersonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-7.

Center Grove will head out on the road to take on Mooresville at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Center Grove is coming into the contest with eight straight wins on the road, so Mooresville is out to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Jeffersonville, they and Jennings County will face off at 7:30 p.m. on February 10th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. One thing working in Jennings County's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight games.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps