Yorktown lost against New Palestine back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Yorktown Tigers were dealt a 90-61 loss at the hands of the New Palestine Dragons. The Tigers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-27.
01/31/25 @ New Palestine | 4 |
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01/17/25 vs Cowan | 3 |
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Despite the defeat, Yorktown saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Mason Trammell went 5 of 10 on his way to 14 points along with six rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Trammell a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Connor Rowray, who posted nine points.
New Palestine's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Julius Gizzi led the charge by going 14 for 23 en route to 31 points and three steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Gizzi has scored at least a third of New Palestine's points. Ben Slagley was another key player, dropping a triple-double on 11 points, ten boards, and ten assists.
Yorktown dropped their record down to 5-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for New Palestine, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 15-2.
Yorktown has already played their next match (against Carroll), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. New Palestine has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Indian Creek.
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