Basketball Recap: Evansville Harrison Drops Season-High Score on Evansville Memorial

Warriors

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Evansville Memorial	73
01/17/25 vs Hopkinsville	72
01/18/25 vs Springfield Southeast	68
01/15/25 @ Evansville Mater Dei	67
12/28/24 vs Park Tudor	66

Evansville Harrison scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 79-73 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Evansville Memorial Tigers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (68), the Warriors still had to take the loss.

Evansville Harrison's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Shane Sims, who went 9 for 22 on his way to 22 points in addition to seven assists and six boards. Sims has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jay Summitt, who went 9 of 13 en route to 21 points along with eight rebounds and five assists.

Even though they lost, Evansville Harrison smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in seven consecutive games.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Evansville Memorial to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Ellspermann, who almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine boards. That's the most rebounds Ellspermann has posted since back in December of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Simon Schulz, who went 6 for 12 on his way to 16 points and three steals.

Evansville Harrison's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4. As for Evansville Memorial, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 11-1.

Evansville Harrison has already played their next matchup, a 63-57 win against Jasper on the 25th. As for Evansville Memorial, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-61 loss against Gibson Southern on the 25th.