South Newton is on an 11-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, North Newton a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The South Newton Rebels will host the North Newton Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Monday, South Newton took a blow against DeMotte Christian, falling 79-19. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 386th, while the Knights are ranked 81st).
Meanwhile, North Newton played a tough match on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Griffith, falling 39-17.
North Newton got a good chunk of their points from the dynamic duo of Dakota Dyer and Addison Culbreth, who each put up four points. Macy Busboom held things down on the boards with seven rebounds. Tatum Cahill took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
South Newton's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for North Newton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
South Newton came up short against North Newton in their previous meeting back in January, falling 42-38. Thankfully for South Newton, Makenna Schleman (who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 22 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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