The Southwood Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Manchester Squires at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Southwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.2 points per game this season.
Southwood is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Eastern: they outscored them in every quarter. Southwood put the hurt on Eastern with a sharp 65-39 win on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Knights have posted against the Comets since December 9, 2017.
12/14/24 @ Eastern | 35 |
02/01/24 vs Rochester | 30 |
01/06/24 @ Huntington North | 27 |
11/21/23 vs Blackford | 23 |
02/27/24 vs Southern Wells | 23 |
It was another big night for Bryce Wilcox, who almost dropped a double-double on 35 points and nine boards. Those 35 points gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Dalton Barney, who posted six points in addition to six assists and six boards.
Southwood was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Manchester waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. The stars were shining brightly for them in a 62-47 win over the Lancers. Given the Squires' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Lancers are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Manchester's victory was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.9 points per game. As for Southwood, their record is now 4-1.
Southwood was dealt a bruising 84-34 loss at the hands of Manchester in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manchester's Gavin Betten, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 11 boards. Now that Southwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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