Center Grove is 8-1 against Martinsville since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the Center Grove Trojans will jump right back in to play the Martinsville Artesians at 7:00 p.m. Center Grove is coming into the match hot, having won their last 13 games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Center Grove had no problem doing just that on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 52-38 win over the Cougars. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but Center Grove was the better team in the second half.
Will Spellman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a triple-double on 20 points, ten rebounds, and nine steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joey Schmitz, who scored 14 points.
Meanwhile, Martinsville came into Friday's game having lost 16 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They snuck past Bloomington South with a 65-61 win on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given Martinsville's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while Bloomington South is ranked 77th).
Center Grove is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. Martinsville's record is now 4-19.
Everything went Center Grove's way against Martinsville when the teams last played back in December of 2023 as Center Grove made off with a 79-54 win. Will Center Grove repeat their success, or does Martinsville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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