Evansville Reitz is 9-1 against Evansville Central since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Evansville Reitz Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Evansville Central Bears at 7:00 p.m. Evansville Reitz is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.7 points per game this season.
Evansville Reitz is headed into Friday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 56-50 heartbreaker at the hands of Henderson County. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
| 01/27/25 @ Henderson County | 17 |
| 01/25/25 vs New Albany | 12 |
| 01/18/25 vs Paducah Tilghman | 21 |
| 01/18/25 vs Christian County | 10 |
| 01/14/25 @ Jasper | 14 |
Despite the loss, Evansville Reitz had strong showings from Lavell Tinsley, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds, and Jaylan Mitchell, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 17 boards. Mitchell has been hot, having posted eight or more rebounds the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayce Swanson, who posted eight points.
Meanwhile, Evansville Central waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They skirted past the Patriots 56-54. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Patriots are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evansville Central's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2. As for Evansville Reitz, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-2.
Evansville Reitz came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Central when the teams last played back in January of 2024, sneaking past 58-56. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Evansville Central's Landyn Richason, who made all 8 shots he took to post 25 points and four steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Evansville Reitz still be able to contain Richason? There's only one way to find out.
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