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| 01/25/25 - Home | 66-62 W |
| 01/27/24 - Home | 62-48 W |
| 01/28/23 - Away | 45-57 L |
| 01/29/22 - Home | 49-57 L |
| 02/20/21 - Away | 41-73 L |
| + 5 more games |
Cascade and Speedway are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Cascade Cadets will take on the Speedway Sparkplugs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cascade has four straight victories, Speedway has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Cascade is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Owen Valley by a score of 63-52. Given the Cadets' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Patriots are ranked 370th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Speedway suffered their closest loss since December 27, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Triton Central by a score of 46-44.
Cascade will have to contain Drew Matelic as he made an impact in Speedway's last game. He dropped a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. The matchup was Matelic's third in a row with at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Camden Bennett, who posted seven points and five boards.
Speedway's defeat dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Cascade, their win bumped their record up to 15-8.
Cascade didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Speedway in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 66-62 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Matelic, who dropped a double-double with 37 points and 11 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cascade still be able to contain Matelic? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
