The New Castle Trojans lost against the Anderson Indians back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. New Castle took a 62-46 bruising from Anderson. New Castle has struggled against Anderson recently, as their matchup on Saturday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Anderson's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was damien King, who scored 27 points along with 9 rebounds and 4 steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which King has scored at least 25% of Anderson's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Javon Warfield, who scored 18 points along with 5 rebounds.
New Castle's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Anderson, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
New Castle will head out on the road to face off against Shelbyville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Shelbyville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 last Saturday. Anderson will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Pike at 7:30 p.m. on December 16th.