The Westfield Shamrocks will take on the Ben Davis Giants at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Westfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Brownsburg, who was ranked fifth at the time (Westfield was ranked 22nd). Westfield took a 45-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of Brownsburg on Friday. The loss was just more heartbreak for the Shamrocks who fell 59-57 when the teams previously met back in January of 2023.
Meanwhile, Ben Davis also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Lawrence North by a score of 61-52. The Giants haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Westfield will need focus on slowing down Aubri Ingram, one of several Ben Davis players who made an impact when they last played. She went 8 of 15 en route to 22 points. Those 22 points gave Ingram a new career-high. Shania Curry was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten boards.
Even though they lost, Ben Davis smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in 15 consecutive matches.
Ben Davis' defeat dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Westfield, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-8.
Westfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Ben Davis when the teams last played back in January of 2024, sneaking past 53-50. Will Westfield repeat their success, or does Ben Davis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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