Basketball Preview: Metro-East Lutheran Knights vs. Dupo Tigers
The Metro-East Lutheran Knights will take on the Dupo Tigers in a tournament on Saturday. Hopefully Metro-East Lutheran focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 17 on Thursday.
Metro-East Lutheran is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They lost to Gibault Catholic on the road by a 41-23 margin.
Taylor Maack was Metro-East Lutheran's leading scorer, having posted nine points.
Isabelle McLeod held things down on the boards with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Dupo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell 40-31 to New Athens. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly nine points.
Despite the defeat, Dupo had strong showings from Keara Prater, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 17 rebounds, and Kylie Kloess, who had nine points plus two steals.
Metro-East Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Dupo, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
Metro-East Lutheran came out on top in a nail-biter against Dupo when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 37-35. The rematch might be a little tougher for Metro-East Lutheran since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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