The Muncie Central Bearcats are taking a road trip to face off against the Northeastern Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Muncie Central can't be to happy about their upcoming road game considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Thursday. They fell to Delta 39-34. The contest was a 15-15 toss-up at halftime, but the Bearcats couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Northeastern took care of business in their home opener on Tuesday (and then some). They blew past Adams Central 71-21. The Knights pushed the score to 56-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Flying Jets had no chance of recovering from.
Ava Mikesell and Adysson Kircher were among the main playmakers for Northeastern as the former went 6 for 11 en route to 17 points plus three steals and the latter went 9 for 20 en route to 24 points plus two steals. Mikesell has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Karri Gammon was another key player, earning eight points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Muncie Central took a serious blow against Northeastern in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 64-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kircher, who went 11 for 14 en route to 25 points plus five steals. Now that Muncie Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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