If New Prairie was riding high fresh off their 54-34 takedown of Wheeler last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The New Prairie Cougars were beaten by the South Bend St. Joseph Huskies 78-28 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 378th, while the Huskies are ranked 14th).
Despite the defeat, New Prairie saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Brody Wiginton posted 12 points and six rebounds. That was a full 42.9% of New Prairie's points, marking the third time in a row Wiginton has had more than a third of the team's points.
Chase Konieczny continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for South Bend St. Joseph, almost dropping a double-double with 25 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Nick Shrewsberry, who went 8-for-12 en route to 21 points.
New Prairie's loss was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-17. As for South Bend St. Joseph, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-3.
Coming up, New Prairie will square off against Boone Grove at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for South Bend St. Joseph, they will welcome Plymouth at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in South Bend St. Joseph's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four contests.
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