Basketball Recap: Indianapolis Arsenal Technical Falls Despite Big Games from Kurt Moore and Salmone Mitchell

On Saturday, the Indianapolis Arsenal Technical Titans came up short against the Tri-West Hendricks Bruins and fell 71-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (57), the Titans still had to take the loss.

Salmone Mitchell

Points

02/15/25 @ Tri-West Hendricks	23
02/14/25 vs Lafayette Jefferson	17
02/11/25 vs Tindley	20

Indianapolis Arsenal Technical's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Salmone Mitchell, who went 7-for-16 en route to 23 points, and Kurt Moore, who went 6-for-8 on his way to 13 points and five boards. The game was Mitchell's third in a row with at least 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Derrick Mcghee, who posted four points.

Ryan Miller continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Tri-West Hendricks, going 11-for-16 to rack up 30 points. What's more, Miller also posted a 69% shooting accuracy, which is the highest he's achieved since back in February of 2024. Caden Murphy also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.

This is the second loss in a row for Indianapolis Arsenal Technical and nudges their season record down to 5-13. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points over those games. As for Tri-West Hendricks, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-6.

Coming up, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical will take on Fort Wayne South Side at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Fort Wayne South Side is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.1 points per game this season. As for Tri-West Hendricks, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, an 86-43 win against Speedway on the 18th.