Muncie Central lost against Westfield back in January of 2021 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Muncie Central Bearcats took a 46-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Westfield Shamrocks. While losing is never fun, the Bearcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Shamrocks are ranked tenth).
Muncie Central lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Lj Strange, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points. Landen Wells was another key player, putting up nine points.
Westfield can attribute much of their success to Will Harvey, who posted 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Durante Morton, who scored nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Muncie Central and nudges their season record down to 6-11. As for Westfield, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-1.
A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Muncie Central Bearcats face off against the Greenfield-Central Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on February 1st. As for Westfield, they will take on Avon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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