Basketball Recap: Castle Skates Past Evansville Memorial with Ease

Knights

Margin (Wins)

12/27/24 vs Monrovia	47
01/16/25 vs Evansville Memorial	42
12/27/24 vs Providence	38
12/07/24 vs Indianapolis Crispus Attucks	37
12/17/24 @ Evansville Harrison	33

After losing to Evansville Memorial the last time they met, Castle decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Castle Knights blew past the Evansville Memorial Tigers 70-28 on Thursday. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 26 points or more this season.

Castle's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jayden Scott led the charge by going 7 for 10 on her way to 19 points. Scott has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Izabell Grantz, who went 7 of 12 en route to 15 points along with eight rebounds and four steals.

Castle was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Castle is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 34.1% in those games and 21.3% outside of them. As for Evansville Memorial, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Castle will square off against Evansville Reitz at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Evansville Memorial, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Evansville Memorial Tigers challenge the Mt. Vernon Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.