Basketball Preview: Tushka Tigers vs. Wright City Lumberjax
Tushka and Wright City are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Tushka Tigers will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Wright City Lumberjax at 8:00 p.m. Hopefully Tushka focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up six on Thursday.
Tushka is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Colbert on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Tushka came up short against Colbert, falling 57-31. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly 26 points.
Despite the loss, Tushka had strong showings from Cleat Zike, who had 11 points, and Tucker Willis, who posted seven points in addition to five rebounds.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Wright City's strategy against Pittsburg on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Wright City blew Pittsburg out of the water with a 76-45 final score. The Lumberjax pushed the score to 60-33 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
Rayner Beene had an outrageously good game as he went 9 for 14 en route to 23 points plus six assists and six steals. What's more, he also racked up five threes, the most he's had since back in November of 2023. Another player making a difference was Kase Lindly, who went 5 for 8 en route to 13 points.
The victory made it two in a row for Wright City and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Tushka, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Tushka skirted past Wright City 60-57 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lindly, who went 8 for 14 en route to 24 points plus three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tushka still be able to contain Lindly? There's only one way to find out.
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