The Castle Knights lost against the Evansville North Huskies back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Castle took a hard 59-41 fall against Evansville North. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Castle in their matchups with Evansville North: they've now lost five in a row.
Castle lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Xander Niehaus, who scored nine points along with four steals and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Mcatee, who scored ten points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Cayden Gehlhausen was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds for Evansville North. Another player making a difference was Bryson Chapman, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Castle's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8. As for Evansville North, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-9.
Castle will be playing at home against Henderson County at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Henderson Countypresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Castle in their respective states (Henderson County is ranked 19th in Kentucky, while Castle is ranked 89th in Indiana). As for Evansville North, they and Bedford North Lawrence will face off at 12:30 p.m. on February 17th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Averaging 61.9 points so far this season, Evansville North's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Bedford North Lawrence better be ready for a challenge.
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