Basketball Game Preview: Hanover Central Wildcats vs. Lowell Red Devils

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02/09/24 - Away	39-31 W
02/10/23 - Home	56-42 W
02/11/22 - Away	54-42 W
11/21/18 - Away	47-57 L
11/22/17 - Home	64-61 W
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Hanover Central and Lowell are an even 4-4 against one another since November of 2014, but not for long. The Hanover Central Wildcats will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Lowell Red Devils at 7:00 p.m.

It was a proper cat-fight when Hanover Central duked it out with Gary West Side on Tuesday. Hanover Central fell 64-51 to Gary West Side. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the Cougars are ranked 68th).

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Lowell on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Whiting out of the water with a 52-22 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Red Devils had established a 28 point advantage.

Lowell's win came from a few key players Hanover Central will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Ryan Grskovich, who went 6-for-9 on his way to 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Roan Vasko, who posted nine points.

Lowell now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Hanover Central, they now have a losing record of 9-10.

Hanover Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Lowell when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 39-31. Will Hanover Central repeat their success, or does Lowell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.