The Evansville North Huskies and the Mooresville Pioneers will round out the year against one another at at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Evansville North strolled past Boonville with points to spare, taking the game 64-50. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Pioneers are ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mooresville had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Hawks 59-56.
Mooresville pushed their record up to 10-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for Evansville North, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Evansville North was able to grind out a solid victory over Mooresville in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, winning 56-47. Will Evansville North repeat their success, or does Mooresville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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