Blackford fought the good fight in their overtime match against Eastern Hancock on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Eastern Hancock Royals by a score of 65-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Bruins still had to take the loss.
| 12/21/24 @ Eastern Hancock | 26 |
| 02/13/24 vs Northwestern | 25 |
| 01/12/24 @ Mississinewa | 23 |
| 01/26/24 vs Eastbrook | 22 |
| 01/06/24 vs South Adams | 19 |
Several Bruins players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Gage Baker, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 26 points and seven rebounds. Those 26 points gave Baker a new career-high. Mason Kitterman was another key player, going 8 of 19 on his way to 22 points.
Landyn Loring continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Eastern Hancock, going 8 of 18 on his way to 25 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Loring has scored at least a third of Eastern Hancock's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Schilling, who posted ten points along with eight assists and seven boards.
With the loss, Blackford broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-2. As for Eastern Hancock, they pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Blackford and Tindley will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Blackford's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests. After both having extra time off, Eastern Hancock and Randolph Southern will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on January 4, 2025. Eastern Hancock is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.6 points per game this season.
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