The Evansville Memorial Tigers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.8 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They snuck past Evansville North with a 60-54 victory. Given Evansville Memorial's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Evansville North is ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evansville Memorial found their leader in underclassman Rylee Canaan, who scored 25 points along with seven rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Canaan has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Myla Browning, who scored 11 points along with six assists.
Evansville Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Evansville North, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-7.
Evansville Memorial will head out on the road to square off against North Harrison at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Harrison is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak. As for Evansville North, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Gibson Southern at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Gibson Southern's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 22 matchups.
