Madison Central and Great Crossing are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Madison Central Indians will challenge Great Crossing at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Madison Central knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine contests -- so hopefully Great Crossing likes a good challenge.
Madison Central is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Hazard just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 66-57 to the Bulldogs / Lady Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Great Crossing entered their tilt with Bellaire on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 64-63 win over the Cardinals. Given Great Crossing's advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked third in Kentucky, while Bellaire is ranked 67th in Texas), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Great Crossing's win came from a few key players Madison Central will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Malachi Moreno, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards. His afternoon made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Vince Dawson, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine boards.
Great Crossing is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Madison Central, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4.
Madison Central came up short against Great Crossing when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 57-51. Can Madison Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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