Tri-West Hendricks is 1-9 against Danville since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The two teams will face off at 7:00 p.m. on March 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Tri-West Hendricks had no problem doing just that on Friday. They walked away with a 46-38 victory over the Tigers. The victory was familiar territory for Tri-West Hendricks who now have three in a row.
Tri-West Hendricks' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Drew Miller led the charge by scoring 18 points along with seven rebounds. Miller hasn't dropped below 18 points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Robertson, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Danville was able to grind out a solid win over Crawfordsville on Friday, taking the game 65-53. Given Danville's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while Crawfordsville is ranked 305th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tri-West Hendricks has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Danville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-3.
Tri-West Hendricks came up short against Danville when the teams last played back in January, falling 60-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Danville's Jace Scrafton, who scored 21 points along with seven rebounds. Now that Tri-West Hendricks knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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