Preview: Center Grove Trojans vs. Mooresville Pioneers
Center Grove is 8-1 against Mooresville since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Center Grove Trojans will take on the Mooresville Pioneers at 8:00 p.m. Center Grove is coming into the game hot, having won their last 11 games.
Center Grove stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 70-37 win over Columbus North on the road. Given Center Grove's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while Columbus North is ranked 232nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Center Grove to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joey Schmitz, who scored 15 points along with two steals. Michael Ephraim was another key contributor, scoring six points along with 13 rebounds and eight blocks.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Mooresville over Victory College Prep in every quarter on their way to victory on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mooresville blew Victory College Prep out of the water with a 78-44 final score. With Mooresville ahead 44-19 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Center Grove is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Mooresville, their victory bumped their record up to 10-13.
Center Grove strolled past Mooresville in their previous matchup last Tuesday by a score of 70-55. Will Center Grove repeat their success, or does Mooresville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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