Basketball Game Preview: Shelbyville Golden Bears vs. East Central Trojans

By Team Reports Jan 21, 2024, 5:27am

Preview: Shelbyville Golden Bears vs. East Central Trojans

Shelbyville is 0-4 against East Central since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Shelbyville Golden Bears will head out on the road to face off against the East Central Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Shelbyville is hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.

In what's become a running theme this season, Shelbyville gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Whiteland as Shelbyville made off with a 60-35 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win Shelbyville has posted since December 8, 2023.

Meanwhile, East Central was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 37-33 to Lawrenceburg.

Shelbyville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for East Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.

Shelbyville was dealt a bruising 69-36 defeat at the hands of East Central in their previous matchup back in December of 2019. Can Shelbyville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.