The Evansville Memorial Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Vincennes Lincoln Alices at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Evansville Memorial will be strutting in after a victory while Vincennes Lincoln will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Evansville Memorial beat Evansville Central 51-45. Given Evansville Memorial's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while Evansville Central is ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Luke Ellspermann and Tucker Tornatta were among the main playmakers for Evansville Memorial as the former scored 22 points and the latter dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. Ellspermann has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Brady Kandul, who scored six points.
Meanwhile, Vincennes Lincoln pushed their score all the way to 58 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The contest between them and Castle wasn't particularly close, with Vincennes Lincoln falling 73-58. Vincennes Lincoln has struggled against Castle recently, as their match on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Evansville Memorial pushed their record up to 14-5 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Vincennes Lincoln, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
Everything came up roses for Evansville Memorial against Vincennes Lincoln in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 as the team secured a 66-38 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evansville Memorial since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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