After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Parke Heritage, South Vermillion was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They came out on top against the Fountain Central Mustangs by a score of 50-42. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Mustangs are ranked 427th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
01/17/25 vs Fountain Central | 18 |
12/20/24 vs Terre Haute South Vigo | 14 |
01/11/25 vs Seeger | 13 |
12/14/24 vs Georgetown-Ridge Farm | 12 |
02/17/24 @ Covington | 11 |
South Vermillion's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dallas Coleman led the charge by going 8 of 10 on his way to 18 points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Coleman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aden Wallace, who posted 16 points and seven assists.
South Vermillion's win bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Fountain Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.
South Vermillion will square off against Greencastle at 7:30 p.m. on January 24th. Greencastle has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Fountain Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 48-45 loss against Seeger on the 18th.
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