The Triton Central Tigers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They took down Morristown 41-25. Given Triton Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Morristown is ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Triton Central was led to victory by Quinn King and Brooklyn Bailey. King scored 8 points along with 8 assists and 6 rebounds, while Bailey scored 16 points along with 9 rebounds. Bailey hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for five straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Maryrose Felling, who scored 9 points.
Several Yellow Jackets players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was DDanika Rutledge, who scored 6 points along with 12 rebounds. Rutledge is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last three games she's played.
Triton Central's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Morristown, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-7.
Triton Central will look to defend their home court on December 1st against Waldron at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Waldron focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Tuesday. As for Morristown, they will head out on the road to face off against Hagerstown at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Hagerstown focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Wednesday.
