The Greenwood Woodmen will challenge the Whiteland Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Greenwood's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games.
Greenwood is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Columbus East just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Saturday. They took a 71-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Olympians. While losing is never fun, the Woodmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Olympians are ranked 30th).
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Greenwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Parker Doolin, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds, and Joey Ortman, who went 10 of 20 on his way to 22 points along with six boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Ortman a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac O'Neal, who posted eight points.
Even though they lost, Greenwood smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Whiteland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 57-54 heartbreaker at the hands of New Palestine. The matchup was a 24-24 toss-up at halftime, but the Warriors couldn't quite close it out.
Whiteland now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Greenwood, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Greenwood opened the new year with a less-than-successful 58-45 defeat to Whiteland. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Whiteland's Ethan Edwards, who went 6 of 15 on his way to 15 points in addition to seven steals and five boards. Now that Greenwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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