Basketball Preview: New Castle Trojans vs. Union County Patriots
The New Castle Trojans will be playing at home against the Union County Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. New Castle will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
New Castle will head into Tuesday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Friday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They were dealt a 59-20 defeat at the hands of Pendleton Heights. Having soared to a lofty 65 points in the game before, the Trojans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Piper Arthur was New Castle's leading scorer, having posted nine points.
Mallory Owens held things down on the boards with seven rebounds.
Carlee Lanzer took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, Union County had to kick off their season on the road last Thursday, but they showed no ill effects. They blew past Milan, posting a 55-16 win.
Katie McCashland went supernova for Union County, going 8 for 14 en route to 21 points plus seven steals. Ally Gray was another key player, scoring six points plus two steals.
Union County was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Milan only posted three.
New Castle's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Union County, their record is now 1-0.
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