Preview: Marion Giants vs. Indianapolis Washington Continentals
The Marion Giants will be playing at home against the Indianapolis Washington Continentals at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Marion's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last seven matchups.
Even though McCutcheon scored an imposing 55 points last Friday, Marion still came out on top. Marion took down McCutcheon 73-55. Given Marion's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while McCutcheon is ranked 254th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tim Jones and Jaymen Townsend were among the main playmakers for Marion as the former scored 24 points along with two steals and the latter scored 21 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Jones has scored all season. Amar Rogers was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Indianapolis Washington has not done well against Tindley recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Indianapolis Washington strolled past Tindley with points to spare, taking the game 81-62. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Marion's win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11. As for Indianapolis Washington, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
