Basketball Game Preview: Riverton Parke Panthers vs. Parke Heritage Wolves

By Team Reports Feb 25, 2024, 2:37am

Preview: Riverton Parke Panthers vs. Parke Heritage Wolves

Riverton Parke is 0-9 against Parke Heritage since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Riverton Parke Panthers will square off against the Parke Heritage Wolves at 7:30 p.m. Riverton Parke will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 435th, while Parke Heritage is ranked 117th).

Riverton Parke was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They were beaten by Clay City 72-30.

Meanwhile, even though Terre Haute South Vigo scored an imposing 63 points on Friday, Parke Heritage still came out on top. Parke Heritage walked away with a 73-63 victory over Terre Haute South Vigo.

Parke Heritage found their leader in underclassman Treigh Schelsky, who scored 30 points along with eight rebounds. Schelsky has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Renn Harper, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds.

Riverton Parke's loss dropped their record down to 3-20. As for Parke Heritage, their win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-5.

Riverton Parke took a serious blow against Parke Heritage in their previous matchup back in January, falling 77-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Parke Heritage's Carter Crum, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Riverton Parke knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.

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