The Beloit Trojans will challenge the Lyons Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Beloit knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Lyons likes a good challenge.
Beloit proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 31) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Southeast of Saline 65-62. Beloit hasn't had any issues with Southeast of Saline recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Eli Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double with 23 points and 13 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Beloit's points. Another player making a difference was Charlie Burke, who posted 12 points along with five assists and three steals.
Beloit was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They racked up 11 more assists than Southeast of Saline's also-impressive total of ten.
Meanwhile, Lyons came up short against Sacred Heart on Tuesday and fell 61-54. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Knights are ranked 24th).
Lyons' loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Beloit, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Beloit was able to grind out a solid win over Lyons in their previous meeting back in January, winning 70-58. Will Beloit repeat their success, or does Lyons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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