The Pioneer Panthers are taking a road trip to square off against the Caston Comets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pioneer will be strutting in after a victory while Caston will be coming in after a defeat.
Pioneer is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Laporte, posting a 67-32 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Caston played a tough game on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against North Judson-San Pierre, falling 51-28. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Bluejays are ranked 99th).
Despite the loss, Caston saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Madisyn Douglass posted 18 points. That was a full 64.3% of Caston's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points.
Pioneer has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-7 record this season. As for Caston, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
Pioneer was dealt a bruising 55-25 defeat at the hands of Caston in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Thankfully for Pioneer, Addison Zimpleman (who went 10 for 14 on her way to 27 points in addition to eight boards and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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