Yorktown is 1-9 against New Palestine since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Yorktown Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the New Palestine Dragons at 7:30 p.m. Yorktown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.2 points per game this season.
Yorktown will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Greenfield-Central, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Yorktown narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Greenfield-Central 57-55. Winning may never get old, but the Tigers sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
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Yorktown got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Olivia Conklin out in front who went 7 for 16 on her way to 21 points and three steals. Conklin has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Fields, who went 6 of 12 en route to 14 points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, New Palestine played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Greensburg and fell 70-33. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Pirates are ranked tenth).
Yorktown pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.7 points per game. As for New Palestine, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Yorktown came up short against New Palestine in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 47-35. Thankfully for Yorktown, Allie Blum (who went 6 for 10 on her way to 16 points in addition to eight boards and five assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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