Preview: East Chicago Central Cardinals vs. Crown Point Bulldogs
East Chicago Central is 2-8 against Crown Point since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The East Chicago Central Cardinals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Crown Point Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
East Chicago Central pushed their score all the way to 65 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 71-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of Valparaiso. East Chicago Central has struggled against Valparaiso recently, as their matchup on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Dominique Murphy, who scored 24 points along with 8 rebounds. He scored a full 36.9% of East Chicago Central's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jemeil Rich jr, who scored 10 points along with 5 assists and 4 steals.
Meanwhile, Crown Point ended up a good deal behind Penn on Saturday and lost 58-43.
With East Chicago Central's victory and Valparaiso's loss, both teams now sport identical 1-1 records.
East Chicago Central came up short against Crown Point when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 68-62. Will East Chicago Central have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
