With a playoff game on the line, the Altoona-Midway Jets rose to the challenge on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Indians 45-42. The victory was nothing new for Altoona-Midway as they're now sitting on seven straight.
Altoona-Midway's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jacob Meigs led the charge by scoring 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Meigs has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Kage Beck, who scored eight points along with eight rebounds and four steals.
Altoona-Midway is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for St. Paul, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-19.
Altoona-Midway will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Marmaton Valley at 5:00 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Altoona-Midway focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Thursday. St. Paul does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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