On Friday, the North Central Thunderbirds lost to the Evansville Harrison Warriors at home by a 67-48 margin. While losing is never fun, the Thunderbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 318th, while the Warriors are ranked 55th).
It was another big night for Shane Sims, who went 6-for-9 from beyond the arc en route to 34 points and five assists for Evansville Harrison. The dominant performance gave Sims a new career-high in points. Brooks Thomas was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with nine points and 14 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for North Central and nudges their season record down to 8-14. As for Evansville Harrison, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
North Central and Evansville Harrison are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. North Central will face off against Cloverdale at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Evansville Harrison, they will challenge Evansville North at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Evansville Harrison will be up against Evansville North's rather soft defense (which has allowed 51.17 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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