It was a proper cat-fight when Griffith took on East Chicago Central on Friday. The Griffith Panthers fell to the East Chicago Central Cardinals 66-61. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost five in a row.
Griffith lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Jakhari Mackey, who posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylan Rockett, who scored ten points.
East Chicago Central was led to victory by Dominique Murphy and Yamauree Wallace. Murphy almost dropped a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Wallace shot 80% from the field to rack up 17 points along with five boards and four steals. Murphy's big performance that evening made it 12 games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Keontaye Bell, who had 13 points.
Griffith's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for East Chicago Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
While Griffith had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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