Ithaca is 9-1 against Michigan Lutheran Seminary since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Ithaca Yellowjackets will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ithaca will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by 38) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Standish-Sterling 54-52. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Yellowjackets have posted since February 5th.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Michigan Lutheran Seminary's strategy against Akron-Fairgrove on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Michigan Lutheran Seminary blew Akron-Fairgrove out of the water with a 59-22 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-10.
Noah Reif was a one-man wrecking crew for Michigan Lutheran Seminary as he went 6 for 10 en route to 15 points plus four steals. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Wenzel, who scored six points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Michigan Lutheran Seminary's victory ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for Ithaca, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Ithaca didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Michigan Lutheran Seminary when the teams last played back in February, but they still walked away with a 49-45 victory. Will Ithaca repeat their success, or does Michigan Lutheran Seminary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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