The Michigan City Wolves and the Merrillville Pirates will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Michigan City is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Michigan City lost to Lake Central on the road by a 53-39 margin. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Indians are ranked 51st).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Paulecia Isom and Vanessa Wimberly. Wimberly had a great game and went 6 of 13 en route to 17 points and seven steals. Meanwhile, Isom did her best for the losing side, putting up 12 points.
Meanwhile, Merrillville hadn't done well against Penn recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Merrillville secured a 47-43 W over Penn. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Merrillville now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Michigan City, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
Michigan City was dealt a bruising 66-34 loss at the hands of Merrillville in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Merrillville's Kylie Wells, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Now that Michigan City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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