New Palestine hasn't had much luck against Mt. Vernon recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The New Palestine Dragons will take on the Mt. Vernon Marauders in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m.
New Palestine is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 48-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of Greenfield-Central. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Cougars are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon had just enough and edged Yorktown out 47-44 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Marauders.
Mt. Vernon has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for New Palestine, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
New Palestine came up short against Mt. Vernon in their previous meeting back in February, falling 48-39. Can New Palestine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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