Basketball Game Preview: Memorial Roughriders vs. St. Henry Redskins

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 2:27am

Preview: Memorial Roughriders vs. St. Henry Redskins

Memorial has been on the road for four straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They and the St. Henry Redskins will face off at 5:30 p.m. on February 17th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

It may have taken double overtime to finish the job, but Memorial ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They walked away with a 65-56 win over Bath. Given Memorial's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while Bath is ranked 597th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, St. Henry earned a 57-50 win over Parkway on Friday. The win made it back-to-back wins for St. Henry.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Henry to victory, but perhaps none more so than Logan Link, who scored 14 points along with four steals. Another player making a difference was Luke Beyke, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds and two steals.

Memorial has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for St. Henry, they pushed their record up to 16-4 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.

Memorial strolled past St. Henry in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 by a score of 57-42. Will Memorial repeat their success, or does St. Henry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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