Mississinewa hasn't had much luck against New Castle recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Mississinewa Indians will square off against the New Castle Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Mississinewa will be strutting in after a victory while New Castle will be coming in after a loss.
Mississinewa picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They managed a 41-37 win over Eastbrook. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Mississinewa's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tyvon Jacobs led the charge by putting up ten points and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Newsom, who posted nine points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, New Castle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 57-51 heartbreaker at the hands of Northeastern. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 307th, while the Knights are ranked 33rd).
New Castle's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Mississinewa, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season.
Mississinewa came up short against New Castle in their previous matchup back in February of 2020, falling 50-45. Thankfully for Mississinewa, William Grieser (who went 5 of 7 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds) 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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