Madison Central and Berea are an even 4-4 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. The Madison Central Indians will host the Berea Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Madison Central is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Madison Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Lafayette, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Madison Central was ranked third). Madison Central beat Lafayette on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 62-45. The Indians pushed the score to 59-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Generals cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Madison Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nataya Strader, who went 6 of 7 en route to 16 points along with seven assists and four steals. Another player making a difference was Brittany Campbell, who posted eight points in addition to eight steals and six assists.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Berea, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 33-32 win over Somerset.
Madison Central pushed their record up to 19-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Berea, they have also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season.
Madison Central didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Berea when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 43-37 win. Does Madison Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Berea turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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