Basketball Game Preview: BELIEVE Circle City Cyclones vs. International Gryphons

The BELIEVE Circle City Cyclones will square off against the International Gryphons at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 15 consecutive losses dating back to last season for BELIEVE Circle City and five for International.

BELIEVE Circle City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 49-41 to Purdue Broad Ripple back in January.

Meanwhile, International had to suffer through a 78-30 loss at the hands of Park Tudor. While losing is never fun, the Gryphons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 436th, while the Panthers are ranked 194th).

International's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for BELIEVE Circle City, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.

BELIEVE Circle City was taken down by International 79-39 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Thankfully for BELIEVE Circle City, Philip Randolph (who went 17 for 33 en route to 40 points along with six steals and four blocks) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.