The Connersville Spartans and the South Dearborn Knights will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Connersville's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while South Dearborn has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Connersville is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Greensburg on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Connersville was outmatched by Greensburg and fell 75-39. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Pirates are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 48-8, which was the final score in South Dearborn's tilt against Harrison on Tuesday. The matchup marked the Knights' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
South Dearborn's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Connersville, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-4.
Connersville was able to grind out a solid victory over South Dearborn in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, winning 46-36. Will Connersville repeat their success, or does South Dearborn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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