The Pike Red Devils will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Westfield Shamrocks at 7:30 p.m. Pike is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
Pike pushed their score all the way to 77 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The contest between them and Lawrence North wasn't particularly close, with Pike falling 93-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (66), Pike still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Westfield entered their tilt with Franklin Central with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Westfield took down Franklin Central 54-40 on Friday. Given Westfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Franklin Central is ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nic Book was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 29 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Will Harvey was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with five rebounds.
Pike's defeat dropped their record down to 6-14. As for Westfield, their win bumped their record up to 18-2.
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