Basketball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Indian Creek

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Previous Games

01/04/25 vs Speedway	51-37
12/27/24 vs Heritage Hills	51-29
12/21/24 vs North Putnam	45-27
12/20/24 @ Edgewood	49-39
12/17/24 vs Whiteland	59-37
+ 3 more games

Indian Creek had won seven straight games and Jasmine Day did her part to make it eight on Saturday. The Indian Creek Braves strolled past the Speedway Sparkplugs with points to spare, taking the game 51-37 thanks in part to Day, who went 6 of 9 on her way to 18 points in addition to seven assists and six boards. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points.

The team also got some help courtesy of Alexa Sichting, who posted five points along with 12 boards and five assists. She has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times she's played.

Macy DeLisle and Madelynn Matelic certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. DeLisle had 12 points and four steals, while Matelic put up 12 points and three steals. Kalissa Jackson-Dietzer was another key player, putting up three points and five assists.

Indian Creek is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.1 points per game. As for Speedway, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-9 record this season.

Indian Creek will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Mooresville at 7:30 p.m. on January 14th. As for Speedway, they will take on Indianapolis Arsenal Technical at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.