Parke Heritage and Covington are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Parke Heritage Wolves are taking a road trip to take on the Covington Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Parke Heritage has six straight wins, Covington has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Parke Heritage is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past South Vermillion 92-70 on Tuesday. The Wolves have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Covington lost to West Lafayette at home by a 70-51 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 331st, while the Red Devils are ranked 70th).
Parke Heritage will need focus on slowing down Kaden Smith, one of several Covington players who made an impact when they last played. He went 5 of 7 en route to 10 points. Smith has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Austin Stein, who went 5 of 8 en route to 15 points.
Parke Heritage pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.9 points per game. As for Covington, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Parke Heritage strolled past Covington when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a score of 66-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for Parke Heritage since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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