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| 02/06/24 - Away | 53-70 L |
| 03/01/23 - Neutral | 70-55 W |
| 02/07/23 - Home | 56-45 W |
| 03/04/22 - Neutral | 76-67 W |
| 02/09/22 - Away | 55-56 L |
| + 5 more games |
Lake Central is 8-2 against East Chicago Central since February of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Lake Central Indians will be playing at home against the East Chicago Central Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
East Chicago Central will be up against a hot Lake Central team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Lake Central strolled past Merrillville with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 77-58. That 19 point margin sets a new team best for the Indians this season.
Zachary Greene continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 11 of 15 on his way to 31 points along with seven boards and five assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Lake Central's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Enyeart, who posted 14 points and eight rebounds.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Lake Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
East Chicago Central has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 60-57 heartbreaker at the hands of Gary West Side. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (55), the Cardinals still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, East Chicago Central got some senior leadership from Yamauree Wallace and Dominique Murphy. Wallace dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 boards, while Murphy dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. The matchup was Murphy's eighth in a row with at least 20 points. Another player making a difference was Joseph Watkins, who scored six points and five boards.
Lake Central's win bumped their record up to 6-10. As for East Chicago Central, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 14-7.
Lake Central lost to East Chicago Central at home by a decisive 70-53 margin when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Will Lake Central have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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