01/18/25 vs Hopkinsville | 20 |
01/17/25 vs Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter | 21 |
01/14/25 @ Evansville Central | 16 |
12/28/24 vs Jennings County | 20 |
If Hopkinsville wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Castle, they should've done a better job of containing Xander Niehaus. The Castle Knights put the hurt on the Hopkinsville Tigers with a sharp 73-49 win on Saturday thanks in part to Niehaus, who went 9 for 14 en route to 20 points in addition to five boards and four steals. The matchup was his fourth in a row with at least ten points.
The team also got some help courtesy of John Aigner, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in boards.
Castle has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.5 points per game. As for Hopkinsville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-11.
Castle didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 63-56 loss against Evansville Memorial on the 21st. Hopkinsville has also already played their next matchup, a 70-62 victory against Logan County on the 20th.
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