Culver Academies entered their matchup against South Bend St. Joseph on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Culver Academies Eagles were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 50-49 to the South Bend St. Joseph Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Huskies are ranked 16th).
South Bend St. Joseph's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Elijah King, who posted 12 points and six boards. King has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Chase Konieczny, who went 6 for 14 en route to 14 points.
Culver Academies' loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5. As for South Bend St. Joseph, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Culver Academies will square off against Kokomo at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kokomo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 76.9 points per game this season. As for South Bend St. Joseph, they will be playing in front of their home fans against South Bend Adams at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Bend Adams also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 55.4 points per game.
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