It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Peru Tigers had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Knights 45-42. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Peru also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2023.
Matthew Roettger was his usual excellent self, scoring 17 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. 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 seven rebounds.
Peru has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Norwell, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9.
Peru will face off against Oak Hill at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Peru focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Wednesday. Norwell does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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