The Riverton Parke Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the North Central Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Riverton Parke has now lost seven straight, leaving the team is hunting for their first win since January 12.
Riverton Parke pushed their score all the way to 57 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They suffered a tough 82-57 loss at the hands of North Putnam. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (56), Riverton Parke still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, North Central's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their third straight loss. They took a serious blow against West Vigo, falling 77-42.
Despite the loss, North Central got a solid performance out of Trashaun Cockrell, who scored 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Hooper, who scored eight points.
Riverton Parke dropped their record down to 3-17 with that loss, which was their eighth straight at home. As for North Central, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-11 record this season.
Riverton Parke couldn't quite finish off North Central in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 and fell 71-68. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cockrell, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 assists. Now that Riverton Parke knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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