Basketball Game Recap: Kelly Hawks vs. Saxony Lutheran Crusaders

By Team Reports Feb 24, 2024, 11:13am

Recap: Kelly Hawks vs. Saxony Lutheran Crusaders

The Kelly Hawks had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They slipped by Saxony Lutheran 62-61. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.

Despite the loss, Saxony Lutheran still got an impressive performance from Luke Eggemeyer, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 39.3% of Saxony Lutheran's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Owen Bucheit was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.

Saxony Lutheran struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.

Kelly has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Saxony Lutheran, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-10.

Kelly does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Saxony Lutheran also has no future games currently scheduled.

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