It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Pendleton Heights Arabians can now relate to. They fell just short of the Dragons by a score of 60-58. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Pendleton Heights in their matchups with New Palestine: they've now lost nine in a row.
Defeat or not, Pendleton Heights got some senior leadership from Seth Laravia and Josiah Gustin. Laravia scored 21 points along with two blocks, while Gustin. scored 19 points. Gustin hasn't dropped below 19 points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Cookston, who scored seven points along with five rebounds.
New Palestine got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Moses Haynes out in front who scored 18 points along with two steals. Ben Slagley was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with three blocks.
Pendleton Heights' loss dropped their record down to 11-13. As for New Palestine, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Pendleton Heights does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Palestine, they and Greenfield-Central will face off at 7:30 p.m. on March 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Greenfield-Central sitting on 23 straight wins and New Palestine on three.
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