Basketball Preview: Culver Academies Eagles vs. Fort Wayne North Side Legends
After three games on the road, Culver Academies is heading back home. They will host the Fort Wayne North Side Legends at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Culver Academies focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
Culver Academies will bounce into Friday's game after beating Tippecanoe Valley, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Culver Academies walked away with a 41-34 win over Tippecanoe Valley.
Culver Academies found their leader in sophomore Kayla Herron, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Those ten rebounds set a new season-high mark for Herron. Jimara Combs was another key player, posting eight points in addition to eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne North Side was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a 61-47 bruising from DeKalb.
Fort Wayne North Side's loss came about despite a quality game from Aubrey Bleeke, who went 6 for 9 en route to 17 points plus two steals. The dominant performance also gave Bleeke a new career-high in field goal percentage (67%). Another player making a difference was Makaya Harmeyer, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.
Culver Academies pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Fort Wayne North Side, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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