Preview: Memorial Roughriders vs. Shawnee Indians
Memorial is 2-8 against Shawnee since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Memorial Roughriders will square off against the Shawnee Indians at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Memorial comes in on six and Shawnee on seven.
With a playoff game on the line, Memorial rose to the challenge on Thursday. They strolled past the Bulldogs with points to spare, taking the game 65-51.
Meanwhile, Shawnee slipped by Napoleon 49-48 on Thursday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Shawnee to victory, but perhaps none more so than Beckett Bertke, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Bertke is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Trevick Bertke, who scored 12 points along with three blocks.
Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Shawnee, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-6.
Memorial came up short against Shawnee in their previous matchup back in January, falling 69-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bertke, who scored 26 points along with five rebounds. Now that Memorial knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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