The Floyd Central Highlanders will square off against the New Albany Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Floyd Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They pulled ahead with a 33-32 photo finish over Seymour. The win was all the more spectacular given the Highlanders' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Owls are ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, New Albany had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They strolled past the Cougars with points to spare, taking the game 86-68. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 68-42 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
The victory snapped Floyd Central's losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-18 record. As for New Albany, they pushed their record up to 18-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Floyd Central might still be hurting after the 92-66 loss they got from New Albany when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Floyd Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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