The Yorktown Tigers and the Columbus East Olympians will round out the year against one another at at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Yorktown is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Yorktown came up into this matchup off a tough 27-point defeat on Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Shelbyville by a score of 48-46 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Golden Bears are ranked 86th).
| 12/21/24 @ Shelbyville | 7 |
| 12/06/24 vs Muncie Burris | 3 |
| 12/20/24 vs Greenfield-Central | 3 |
| 02/27/24 vs Centerville | 3 |
| 11/27/24 vs Hagerstown | 2 |
Yorktown's loss came about despite a quality game from Austin Kates, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 14 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance gave Kates a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jabin Barnes, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 10 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Columbus East's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 59-42 to Columbus North. The contest marked the Olympians' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Yorktown now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Columbus East, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
