Bears
| 01/28/25 @ Heritage Hills | 56-54 |
| 01/25/25 @ Parke Heritage | 54-49 |
| 01/21/25 vs Evansville Bosse | 70-41 |
| 01/18/25 vs Christian County | 57-34 |
| 01/18/25 vs Springfield Southeast | 67-29 |
| + 4 more games |
Evansville Central waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They had just enough and edged the Heritage Hills Patriots out 56-54. This was payback for the Bears, who suffered an 89-59 loss the last time these two teams met.
Evansville Central's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Zaryen Moore led the charge by going 5 of 12 en route to 15 points and five steals. The game was Moore's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Patterson, who went 7 for 9 on his way to 16 points.
Heritage Hills' defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tait Wetzel, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards. Wetzel is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Gray, who posted ten points and seven rebounds.
Evansville Central pushed their record up to 13-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Heritage Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6.
Evansville Central will welcome Evansville Reitz at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Evansville Reitz is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.7 points per game this season. Heritage Hills has already played their next contest (against Evansville Mater Dei), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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