After a string of three wins, the Corydon Central Panthers's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 63-43 walloping at the hands of Scottsburg. While losing is never fun, Corydon Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while Scottsburg is ranked 20th).
Several Panthers players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Alyssa Groover, who scored 12 points along with 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Josie Vaughn, who scored 16 points along with 3 steals.
Corydon Central's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Scottsburg, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Corydon Central will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Austin at 7:30 p.m. on December 6th. As for Scottsburg, they will challenge Trinity Lutheran at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Trinity Lutheran is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
