Waterloo had lost three straight headed into Monday's match, but Alex Stell didn't let it get to four. The Waterloo Bulldogs put the hurt on the Metro-East Lutheran Knights with a sharp 66-43 victory on Monday thanks in part to Stell, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Waterloo's points.
Tyler Devilder
| 01/20/25 vs Metro-East Lutheran | 4 |
| 01/14/25 vs Cahokia | 3 |
| 12/27/24 vs Nelson County | 3 |
| 12/13/24 vs Mascoutah | 2 |
| 11/30/24 vs Jennings | 2 |
Another player making a difference was Tyler Devilder, who posted 11 points and four steals. Those four steals gave him a new career-high.
Defeat or not, Metro-East Lutheran got some senior leadership from Thijson Heard and Junior Brown. Heard went 6 for 13 en route to 16 points, while Brown put up nine points. The contest was Heard's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Skelton, who scored two points.
Waterloo's win bumped their record up to 15-5. As for Metro-East Lutheran, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-7.
Waterloo wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 43-39 victory against Nashville on the 24th. As for Metro-East Lutheran, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 47-30 loss against Mater Dei on the 22nd.
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