The Cascade Cadets will challenge the Northview Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Cascade sitting on five straight wins and Northview on 14.
Last Tuesday, Cascade strolled past North Putnam with points to spare, taking the game 59-41. That's two games straight that the Cadets have won by exactly 18 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cascade to victory, but perhaps none more so than Macey Pugh, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 boards. Pugh has become a key player for Cascade: the team is 6-3 when she posts at least eight rebounds, but 6-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Lilly Hall, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine boards.
Cascade smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Northview had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 43-36 victory over the Mustangs. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Mustangs are ranked 214th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northview has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.2 points per game. As for Cascade, they pushed their record up to 12-10 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Cascade lost to Northview on the road by a decisive 42-27 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can Cascade avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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