On Tuesday fans watched as two of the best teams in the nation hit the court. The Milton Eagles fell to the St. Joseph Knights 68-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
St. Joseph was led to victory by Julius Price and Tounde Yessoufou. Price went 12 for 20 on his way to 30 points, while Yessoufou dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. The matchup was Yessoufou's tenth in a row with at least ten points. Malcolm Price was another key player, putting up nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Milton and nudges their season record down to 9-3. As for St. Joseph, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1.
Milton will be playing in front of their home fans against Gainesville at 7:30 p.m. on January 7th. Gainesville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully Milton likes a good challenge. As for St. Joseph, they will take on St. Paul at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
