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| 12/12/25 - Away | 67-32 W |
| 12/13/24 - Home | 84-65 W |
| 12/08/23 - Away | 75-52 W |
| 12/09/22 - Home | 66-43 W |
| 12/10/21 - Away | 57-59 L |
| + 5 more games |
Plainfield had won seven straight on the road dating back to last season, but on Friday they bumped up to 5-0 to make it eight. They claimed a resounding 67-32 victory over the Martinsville Artesians. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 39-18.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Plainfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trey Barton, who shot 64% from the field on his way to 16 points and three steals. Those 16 points gave Barton a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Noah Smith, who went 7-for-12 to rack up 16 points and eight rebounds.
Plainfield was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Martinsville only posted three.
As for Martinsville, they are on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.9 points over those games.
Defeat or not, Martinsville got some senior leadership from Mason Dodson and Grady Gardner. Dodson posted ten points, while Gardner put up ten points and five boards. Dodson has also also been stellar as far as field goal percentage is concerned: he's posted one of at least 50% every time he's hit the court this season.
Coming up, Plainfield will be home for the holidays to greet Perry Meridian at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Martinsville has already played their next contest (against Indian Creek), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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