Basketball Recap: Greenfield-Central Extends Home Winning Streak to 12

Greenfield-Central won the last time they faced Lawrenceburg and things went their way on Saturday too. The Greenfield-Central Cougars really took it to the Lawrenceburg Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-44 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-20.

Greenfield-Central had a senior duo take command as Braylon Mullins went 11 of 17 on his way to 27 points in addition to seven boards and five assists and Michael Johnson went 6 for 10 on his way to 17 points along with six boards and five assists. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Mullins has scored at least a third of Greenfield-Central's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Boston Willard, who posted seven points and seven assists.

Greenfield-Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lawrenceburg only racked up 16 assists.

Lawrenceburg's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Noah Knigga, who put up eight points in addition to nine rebounds and six assists. Knigga is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Keaten McGrath, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and five rebounds.

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Previous Games (Home)

12/21/24 vs Lawrenceburg	74-44
12/13/24 vs New Palestine	74-57
12/10/24 vs Decatur Central	78-39
11/26/24 vs Beech Grove	62-38
02/21/24 vs Perry Meridian	68-23
+ 7 more games

Greenfield-Central's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Lawrenceburg, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-2.

Greenfield-Central wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 69-66 victory against Jeffersonville on the 28th. As for Lawrenceburg, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 77-35 loss against New Palestine on the 27th.