The Charlestown Pirates and the Corydon Central Panthers will face off at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Charlestown sitting on five straight wins and Corydon Central on seven.
Charlestown's tournament run continued when they took on South Spencer on Friday. Charlestown snuck past South Spencer with a 54-49 victory. The 54-point effort marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
While Corydon Central didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Perry Central with a sharp 72-49 win on Friday. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 23 points or more this season.
Corydon Central's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.8 points. As for Charlestown, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Charlestown came up short against Corydon Central when the teams last played back in February, falling 72-61. Can Charlestown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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