The East Central Trojans's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to the Batesville Bulldogs on Saturday. East Central walked away with a 58-51 victory over Shelbyville. For East Central, this counts as revenge for the 54-47 loss Shelbyville walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2023.
Dylan Maxwell was his usual excellent self, scoring 22 points along with seven assists and six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Ertel, who scored seven points along with eight rebounds.
Despite the defeat, Shelbyville saw an underclassman step up: Mar Nicholson dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. Caden Claxton was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
East Central pushed their record up to 12-12 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Shelbyville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-8.
East Central will head out on the road to square off against Greensburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Shelbyville, they will be playing at home against Seymour at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Seymour will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Shelbyville surely won't give up without a fight.
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