Basketball Game Preview: Yorktown Tigers vs. Connersville Spartans

The Yorktown Tigers will face off against the Connersville Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.

Yorktown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They secured a 32-26 W over New Castle. The 32-point effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Lilly Sylvester and Olivia Conklin were among the main playmakers for Yorktown as the former dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards and the latter posted 14 points.

Meanwhile, Connersville was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 46-42 to East Central. While the Spartans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Trojans 12-7 in the first quarter.

Yorktown will have to keep a close watch on Ahniyah Bennett and Serenity Pennington, a pair of players who had a big impact on Connersville's prior game. Bennett put up eight points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Pennington earned 16 points.

Yorktown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.4 points per game. As for Connersville, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Yorktown has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 28 boards per game. However, it's not like Connersville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27.8 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.