South Eugene and North Eugene faced off in a cross-town battle on Tuesday. The South Eugene Axe fell 68-59 to the North Eugene Highlanders. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Axe still had to take the loss.
| 12/10/24 vs North Eugene | 17 |
| 12/04/24 vs Churchill | 12 |
| 02/13/24 vs Willamette | 10 |
| 02/16/24 vs Roseburg | 9 |
| 01/30/24 @ South Medford | 8 |
South Eugene lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Cameron Perry, who went 7 for 15 on his way to 17 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Perry a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Calvin Yoder, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Leading North Eugene to victory were Jordan Gray and Zach Fisher. Gray dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds, while Fisher went 6 of 8 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds. D'Mariyae Ireland was another key player, putting up 11 points.
This is the second loss in a row for South Eugene and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for North Eugene, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
South Eugene will challenge Ridgeview at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for North Eugene, they will take on Lebanon at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Eugene is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.5 points per game this season.
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