Basketball Recap: Thursday's Victory Is Winamac's Sixth in Last Seven Outings

Brendan Hines

Field Goal Percentage

02/06/25 @ Rensselaer Central	75%
01/31/25 vs West Central	38%
01/25/25 vs Delphi Community	53%
01/24/25 @ Caston	40%
01/18/25 @ Oregon-Davis	40%
+ 12 more games

Rensselaer Central came into Thursday's matchup looking for another win against Winamac, but Brendan Hines wouldn't allow it. The Winamac Warriors put the hurt on the Rensselaer Central Bombers with a sharp 70-47 victory on Thursday thanks in part to Hines, who went 6 of 8 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points. Thanks to that strong game, he now owns an excellent 46.6% field goal percentage.

Another player making a difference was Jaybin Hines, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine assists. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in assists.

Winamac has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 36% in those games and 29.3% outside of them. As for Rensselaer Central, they dropped their record down to 4-14 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Looking ahead, Winamac will square off against Westville at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Winamac is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.2 points per game this season. As for Rensselaer Central, they will take on Delphi Community at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Delphi Community also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 54.2 points per game.