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| 01/18/24 - Home | 57-13 W |
| 01/19/23 - Away | 61-31 W |
| 01/20/22 - Home | 62-52 W |
| 01/23/20 - Home | 47-44 W |
| 01/17/19 - Away | 64-51 W |
| 01/18/18 - Home | 62-44 W |
Lapel is 6-0 against Muncie Central since January of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lapel Bulldogs just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Muncie Central Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lapel is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Pendleton Heights on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lapel lost 76-51 to Pendleton Heights. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Arabians recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Muncie Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were dealt a 61-18 loss at the hands of Greenfield-Central. While losing is never fun, the Bearcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Cougars are ranked 53rd).
Lapel's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8. As for Muncie Central, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Everything came up roses for Lapel against Muncie Central when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 57-13 win. In that contest, Lapel amassed a halftime lead of 29-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
