The Northeastern Knights won the last time they faced the Blue River Valley Vikings, and things went their way on Saturday too. Northeastern strolled past Blue River Valley with points to spare, taking the game 54-35. Given Northeastern's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while Blue River Valley is ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Landon Scarrette continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 20 points along with six assists. Dae Lundy was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with two steals.
Northeastern has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Blue River Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-9.
Northeastern will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Cambridge City Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Cambridge City Lincoln focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on January 4th. As for Blue River Valley, they will head out on the road to square off against Seton Catholic at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Seton Catholic will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
