Basketball Game Preview: Garden Plain Owls vs. Trinity Academy Knights

Garden Plain and Trinity Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Garden Plain Owls will welcome the Trinity Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Garden Plain has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Last Wednesday, Garden Plain earned a 48-36 win over Dodge City. Given the Owls' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Demons are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Trinity Academy came up short against Halstead on Friday and fell 50-39.

Garden Plain's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Trinity Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.

Garden Plain came out on top in a nail-biter against Trinity Academy in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, sneaking past 56-54. Will Garden Plain repeat their success, or does Trinity Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.