It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Griffith can now relate to. They took a hard 62-48 fall against the East Chicago Central Cardinals on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Cardinals are ranked 45th).
Griffith lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Colton Strezo, who posted eight points and six boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylan Rockett, who put up ten points.
Panthers
| 03/04/25 vs East Chicago Central | 15 |
| 02/28/25 @ East Chicago Central | 1 |
| 02/18/25 @ Bowman Academy | 13 |
| 02/13/25 vs Highland | 5 |
| 02/11/25 @ Hammond Morton | 13 |
| + 16 more games |
Even though they lost, Griffith smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in December of 2024.
Dominique Murphy was his usual excellent self, going 13-for-26 on his way to 31 points and seven rebounds for East Chicago Central. Murphy's big performance that evening made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Jamarie Pollard, who scored seven points in addition to six steals and five boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Griffith and nudges their season record down to 14-10. As for East Chicago Central, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-8.
Griffith does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Chicago Central, they will challenge Hammond Bishop Noll at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. East Chicago Central knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Hammond Bishop Noll likes a good challenge.
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