The Monrovia Bulldogs and the Castle Knights will round out the year against one another at at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Castle is hoping to do what Martinsville couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Monrovia's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Monrovia walked away with a 67-59 win over Martinsville.
| 12/21/24 vs Martinsville | 30 |
| 01/17/24 vs South Putnam | 22 |
| 12/12/23 vs Cascade | 19 |
| 01/10/24 @ Edgewood | 19 |
| 12/13/24 @ Speedway | 18 |
Emery Newlin continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 for 16 on her way to 30 points in addition to six steals and five boards. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoie Walls, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 boards.
Meanwhile, Castle unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 65-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Knox. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Spartans are ranked fifth).
Monrovia has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.4 points per game. As for Castle, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps