The Peru Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the West Lafayette Red Devils at 1:00 p.m. on March 9th. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Peru had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They snuck past the Indians with a 48-44 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Peru to victory, but perhaps none more so than Matthew Roettger, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. Roettger is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Alex Ross was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, West Lafayette entered their tilt with Twin Lakes with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. West Lafayette had just enough and edged Twin Lakes out 45-43.
Peru has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for West Lafayette, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6.
Peru suffered a grim 70-49 defeat to West Lafayette when the teams last played back in March of 2018. Thankfully for Peru, Matt Krause (who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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