This season hasn't been kind to the Crawfordsville Athenians, who are still winless after their 12th game. They were outmatched by Parke Heritage at home and fell 51-14. Crawfordsville has not had much luck with Parke Heritage recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Crawfordsville struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Parke Heritage racked up nine.
Emma Simpson was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds for Parke Heritage. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which Simpson has scored at least 25% of Parke Heritage's points. Another player making a difference was Raegan Ramsay, who scored 9 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 steals.
Crawfordsville bumped their record down to 0-12 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 19.0 points per game. As for Parke Heritage, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Crawfordsville will be home for the holidays to greet North Montgomery at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Parke Heritage, they will head out on the road to face off against North Putnam at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
