The Castle Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Jeffersonville Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Castle will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 80th, while Jeffersonville is ranked 17th).
Last Friday, Castle ended up a good deal behind Evansville North and lost 59-41. Castle was down 49-28 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Xander Niehaus, who scored nine points along with four steals and three blocks. Ayden Mcatee was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Jeffersonville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They snuck past Evansville Reitz with a 74-70 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Jeffersonville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Michael Cooper led the charge by scoring 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tre Singleton, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds.
Castle's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8. As for Jeffersonville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Castle hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.6 points per game. However, it's not like Jeffersonville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 63.6 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Castle came up short against Jeffersonville when the teams last played back in February of 2023, falling 55-48. Can Castle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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