New Castle and New Palestine are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. The New Castle Trojans are taking a road trip to square off against the New Palestine Dragons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. New Castle is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, New Castle didn't have quite enough to beat Jay County and fell 58-56.
| 12/14/24 @ Jay County | 27 |
| 02/06/24 vs Centerville | 24 |
| 01/12/24 @ Greenfield-Central | 22 |
| 11/25/23 @ Marion | 17 |
| 01/27/24 vs Morristown | 15 |
New Castle might have lost, but man, Mason Miller was a machine: he went 8 of 15 en route to 27 points. Those 27 points gave Miller a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Alijah Turner, who posted eight points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, New Palestine beat Zionsville 65-54 on Saturday.
New Castle better focus on containing Julius Gizzi and Moses Haynes as the pair were huge in New Palestine's win. Gizzi went 8 of 14 on his way to 28 points and five rebounds, while Haynes went 8 of 10 on his way to 19 points and three steals. Gizzi's afternoon made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Slagley, who had six points and five rebounds.
New Castle's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for New Palestine, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: New Castle has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 25 boards per game. However, it's not like New Palestine struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.8 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
New Castle and New Palestine were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but New Castle came up empty-handed after a 61-60 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gizzi, who went 14 of 23 on his way to 31 points and eight rebounds. Now that New Castle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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