South Putnam has gone 8-2 against North Putnam recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The South Putnam Eagles will square off against the North Putnam Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South Putnam took a loss when they played away from home last Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Crawfordsville 57-34. The Eagles' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, North Putnam had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Clovers with a sharp 54-29 victory. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Clovers are ranked 357th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Putnam is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for South Putnam, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
South Putnam didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against North Putnam when the teams last played back in November, but they still walked away with a 36-31 win. Will South Putnam repeat their success, or does North Putnam have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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