South Putnam won the last time they faced Riverton Parke and things went their way on Saturday too. The South Putnam Eagles put the hurt on the Riverton Parke Panthers with a sharp 60-39 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Eagles have posted against the Panthers since February 20, 2018.
Ty Benton
| 02/08/25 vs Riverton Parke | 17 |
| 01/21/25 vs Cascade | 13 |
| 02/01/25 vs Mooresville Christian | 11 |
| 01/17/25 vs Northview | 11 |
| 01/31/25 @ Monrovia | 10 |
South Putnam was led to victory by Ty Benton and Parker Harris. Benton went 6-for-10 en route to 17 points and three steals, while Harris went 5-for-8 to rack up 12 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Benton a new career-high in points. Tristan Coons also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.
South Putnam was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverton Parke only racked up nine assists.
Despite the defeat, Riverton Parke saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jonah Hopkins went 5-for-10 on his way to 13 points and seven rebounds. Hopkins is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as he's posted one of at least 46% in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Dane Mullinix, who posted 11 points.
South Putnam has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-11 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 38.9% in those games and 23.4% outside of them. As for Riverton Parke, they dropped their record down to 7-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Coming up, South Putnam will challenge North Putnam at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Putnam is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.5 points per game this season. As for Riverton Parke, they will take on North Vermillion at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverton Parke also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 54.3 points per game.
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