Danville is 2-8 against Plainfield since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Danville Warriors will be staying on the road to face off against the Plainfield Quakers at 7:30 p.m. on February 22nd. Hopefully Danville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.
Last Friday, Danville didn't have too much trouble with Crawfordsville on the road as they won 54-35. Given Danville's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while Crawfordsville is ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Danville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Evan Lawrence, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Collins, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Danville's lineup was just a bit different on Friday as Collins got a bit more time on the court (21 vs. his season average of 12.5). Collins made the most of the opportunity, scoring ten points along with two steals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, even though Franklin Community scored an imposing 69 points on Tuesday, Plainfield still came out on top. Plainfield enjoyed a cozy 83-69 win over Franklin Community. Plainfield pushed the score to 61-41 by the end of the third, a deficit Franklin Community cut but never quite recovered from.
Danville's record is now 18-2. As for Plainfield, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-7.
Danville might still be hurting after the 82-60 loss they got from Plainfield in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Thankfully for Danville, Garrett Irwin (who scored 20 points along with four steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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