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| 01/25/24 - Away | 47-35 W |
| 01/26/23 - Home | 44-55 L |
| 12/18/21 - Away | 60-39 W |
| 01/02/21 - Home | 62-45 W |
| 01/04/20 - Home | 50-42 W |
| + 5 more games |
New Palestine is 9-1 against Yorktown since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The New Palestine Dragons will be playing at home against the Yorktown Tigers at 7:30 p.m.
New Palestine is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Greensburg on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. New Palestine was beaten by Greensburg 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).
Meanwhile, Yorktown had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They skirted past the Cougars 57-55. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Tigers have posted since December 9, 2023.
Yorktown's win came from a few key players New Palestine will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Olivia Conklin, who went 7 of 16 en route to 21 points and three steals. She is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Alexis Fields, who went 6 for 12 on her way to 14 points and eight boards.
Yorktown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.1 points per game. As for New Palestine, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
New Palestine was able to grind out a solid win over Yorktown when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 47-35. Does New Palestine have another victory up their sleeve, or will Yorktown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
