The South Ripley Raiders will head out to square off against the Trinity Lutheran Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. South Ripley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, South Ripley finally turned things around against Rising Sun on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 49-31 win over the Shiners.
Meanwhile, Trinity Lutheran waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They strolled past the Shiners with points to spare, taking the game 56-39. The Cougars pushed the score to 51-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Shiners cut but never quite recovered from.
Trinity Lutheran found their leader in sophomore Marley Warren, who scored 19 points. Warren's afternoon made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Laura Roeder, who posted 11 points.
Trinity Lutheran's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for South Ripley, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
South Ripley came up short against Trinity Lutheran when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 59-50. Thankfully for South Ripley, Bailey Tabeling (who shot 4-for-7 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 30 points and 14 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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