Basketball Recap: New Palestine Dragons vs. Greenwood Woodmen
New Palestine posted their biggest victory since January 18th on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Greenwood Woodmen as the New Palestine Dragons made off with a 59-36 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Dragons have posted against the Woodmen since November 7, 2018.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Palestine to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kylee Beranek, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Beranek a new career-high in offensive rebounds (eight). Haven Flagle was another key player, earning six points plus nine steals and six rebounds.
New Palestine smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Greenwood only pulled down eight.
Despite the defeat, Greenwood had strong showings from Keyara Johnson, who had eight points in addition to five rebounds and four steals, and Maddison Judge, who earned seven points.
The win made it two in a row for New Palestine and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Greenwood, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
New Palestine will challenge Franklin Central at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Greenwood, they will square off against Seymour at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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