The Indiana Lyons dominated at Bosstick Gym in Danville this past weekend, crushing two opponents and running their season record to 10-2. Another home game is on the slate this Saturday.

Last Saturday, the Lyons hosted the Windy City Inferno out of Chicago for the first time in their history. Before the game, the Lyons and the Inferno celebrated the recent 100th birthday of Lyons fan Louise Leach with a pregame ceremony that included the Lyons presenting an official American Basketball Association (ABA) basketball to her and a huge ovation from the crowd.

Then the Lyons got down to business.

For the first four game minutes or so, this one was competitive, but after that, it was all purple and teal. Slow starters in many games this season, the Lyons bucked tradition and bolted to a 36-20 lead after the first 12:00. They held a 62-50 advantage at halftime.

After that, an avalanche of fouls rained down on the Inferno, including four costly technical fouls, and the Lyons pulled away with a 149-112 victory to move their record to 9-2.

On Sunday, the Missouri Capitals came to town from Columbia, Missouri. Having faced the Capitals many times over the past seven years, including once in November in Missouri in which the Lyons won 135-100, the home team did not take the visitors for granted.

Instead, they roared out to a 21-0 lead to open the game and held the Capitals scoreless for the first 4:10 of the contest. The Lyons showed no mercy in the first frame, finishing the first quarter with a staggering 52-12 lead.

It never got any better for the Capitals, and with the starters pulled for much of the second half, the Lyons completed the regular season sweep of the Capitals, 177-61, to improve to 10-2 on the season.

The 116-point win was the second-largest margin of victory for the Lyons in franchise history. In 2019, Indiana won a game by 218 points over a now-defunct team from West Virginia.

Just before tipoff on Sunday, the Lyons celebrated rookie Mike Osborne, who wears #1 for the team. Osborne will graduate from Aurora University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business on Saturday.

The dominating victory was a very nice graduation present for Osborne.

Next up for the Lyons are the Akron Aviators, who come to town from Ohio on Saturday. Tipoff is at 5 p.m., with the doors opening at 4 p.m. Tickets are just $10/person. Admission is only $5 for children ages 6-11, seniors ages 55+, active military, military veterans, and first responders. Children ages 5 and under are free.

On Sunday, the Lyons travel to Kentucky in search of revenge against the Maysville Miners. The Miners handed the Lyons one of their two losses back in October at Bosstick Gym, releasing the game-winning shot with 0:00.07 seconds left on the game clock and escaping town with a one-point win.

The Indiana Lyons are owned by Hendricks County residents and business owners Deborah and Tyrone Brown.