The Edgewood Mustangs will challenge the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Edgewood will be strutting in after a win while Eastern Greene will be coming in after a defeat.
Edgewood had to skate by with only a two-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 28-point drubbing they dealt Brown County on Tuesday. Edgewood breezed past Brown County to the tune of 51-23. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th in Indiana, while the Eagles are ranked 357th in Indiana), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Eastern Greene was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 51-46 to Orleans. The Thunderbirds have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Edgewood will have to keep a close watch on Kyan Hudson and Coby Sykes, a pair of players who had a big impact on Eastern Greene's prior game. Hudson went 8-for-13 on his way to 22 points, while Sykes went 6-for-11 to rack up 15 points. The matchup was Sykes' eighth in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dane Talbott, who posted six points.
Eastern Greene's loss dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Edgewood, their victory bumped their record up to 11-9.
Everything went Edgewood's way against Eastern Greene in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Edgewood made off with a 65-45 win. Does Edgewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastern Greene turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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