The Fort Wayne Northrop Bruins will head out on the road to face off against the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Fort Wayne Northrop focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 last Tuesday.
Fort Wayne Northrop struggled with offensive rebounds last Tuesday (New Haven had 800% more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Fort Wayne Northrop took a serious blow against New Haven, falling 57-30. Fort Wayne Northrop was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 40-9.
Makhi Davis was Fort Wayne Northrop's leading scorer, having posted seven points. Davis also led the team in assists with three. Davis held things down on the boards with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Leo scored an imposing 63 points on Tuesday, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers still came out on top. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers walked away with a 73-63 win over Leo. The win made it back-to-back wins for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers.
Among those leading the charge was Dereon Truesdale, who scored 22 points along with 5 steals. Danny Kelly was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The losses dropped Fort Wayne Northrop to 0-2 and New Haven to 1-1.
Fort Wayne Northrop came up short against Fort Wayne Bishop Luers in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 66-54. Can Fort Wayne Northrop avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
