Basketball Preview: Morgan Township Cherokees vs. South Central Satellites
The Morgan Township Cherokees will take on the South Central Satellites at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Morgan Township focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 15 on Saturday.
Morgan Township will head out to face South Central after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Morgan Township fell just short of DeMotte Christian by a score of 26-23. The game marked the Cherokees' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Josie Lemmons, who posted ten points along with two steals. Madi Lemmons was another key player, scoring four points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Even though they lost, Morgan Township smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 17 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South Central earned a 36-29 victory over Culver Community on Saturday.
South Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lexi Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds, and Makenna Welsh, who went 6 for 8 en route to 15 points plus seven rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Johnson a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (75%).
South Central's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Morgan Township, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Morgan Township has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 33.4 rebounds per game. However, it's not like South Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Morgan Township came up short against South Central in their previous meeting back in January, falling 53-47. Can Morgan Township avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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