The Trinity Shamrocks entered their tilt with the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Trinity snuck past Steelton-Highspire with a 75-69 victory on Friday. Given Trinity's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Steelton-Highspire is ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Owen Schlager continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds. He hasn't dropped below 15points for 11 straight games. Ryan Balaban was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds.
Trinity has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. As for Steelton-Highspire, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Trinity won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against New Town at 11:30 a.m. on January 13th. New Town is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak. As for Steelton-Highspire, they will square off against Berlin Brothersvalley at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Averaging 79 so far this season, Berlin Brothersvalley's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Steelton-Highspire better be ready for a challenge.
