Charlestown is 0-3 against Southwestern since February of 2022 but things could change on Tuesday. The Charlestown Pirates will take on the Southwestern Rebels at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Charlestown's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups.
Charlestown is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Salem: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Charlestown blew Salem out of the water with a 72-30 final score. The Pirates have beaten the Lions the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Lions has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Southwestern entered their tilt with Scottsburg on Saturday with three consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 62-51 victory over the Warriors. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Warriors are ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southwestern's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.1 points over those games. As for Charlestown, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
Charlestown came up short against Southwestern when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 61-56. Can Charlestown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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