Basketball Recap: Castle Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Xander Niehaus and Brady P Reiter

By Team Reports Jan 27, 2025, 12:47pm

Basketball Recap: Castle Knights vs. Bloomington South Panthers

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Castle lost against Bloomington South back in January of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Castle Knights fell just short of the Bloomington South Panthers by a score of 53-50. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Brady P Reiter

Points (Career)

01/24/25 @ Bloomington South14
02/09/24 @ Jasper10
12/28/24 vs Jennings County10
12/08/23 vs Evansville Harrison10
01/09/24 vs Evansville Central9

Despite the loss, Castle had strong showings from Brady P Reiter, who went 5 for 6 on his way to 14 points, and Xander Niehaus, who posted 13 points. Those 14 points gave P Reiter a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Bobe, who earned six points.

Castle's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Bloomington South, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season.

Castle will be playing at home against Evansville Mater Dei at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Castle is facing Evansville Mater Dei at the right time seeing as Evansville Mater Dei is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Bloomington South has already played their next match, a 70-43 victory against Martinsville on the 25th.

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