Having just played yesterday, the Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians will head out on the road to face off against the New Athens Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Carlyle will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
On Friday, Carlyle earned a 65-54 victory over Red Bud. Given the Indians/Lady Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Musketeers are ranked 458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Athens). They breezed past Lebanon to the tune of 97-59 on Friday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Yellow Jackets had established a 35 point advantage.
Carlyle's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.6 points over those games. As for New Athens, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season.
Everything went Carlyle's way against New Athens in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Carlyle made off with a 69-46 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carlyle since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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