Basketball Recap: Southeast of Saline Falls Despite Big Games from Samuel Knopf and Gannon Jacobson

Southeast of Saline lost against Beloit back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Southeast of Saline Trojans fell just short of the Beloit Trojans by a score of 65-62. Southeast of Saline has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Samuel Knopf

Points (Career)

02/11/25 @ Beloit	15
01/31/25 vs Ellsworth	11
12/13/24 vs Beloit	10
12/06/24 vs Hesston	8
01/14/25 @ Lyons	7

Despite the defeat, Southeast of Saline had strong showings from Gannon Jacobson, who went 8 for 14 to rack up 26 points and eight boards, and Samuel Knopf, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 15 points. The dominant performance gave Knopf a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Grady Gebhardt, who posted six points.

Eli Johnson was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds for Beloit. That makes it three consecutive games in which Johnson has scored at least a third of Beloit's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Burke, who put up 12 points along with five assists and three steals.

Southeast of Saline now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Beloit, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-4.

Looking ahead, Southeast of Saline will square off against Minneapolis at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Southeast of Saline is facing Minneapolis at the right time seeing as Minneapolis is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Beloit, they will challenge Lyons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Beloit knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Lyons likes a good challenge.