The Mississinewa Indians and the Peru Tigers squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the Mississinewa Indians had to settle for second. They fell to the Tigers 48-44. Mississinewa's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Mississinewa still got an impressive performance from Gannon Smith, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kobe Johnson, who scored ten points.
Peru's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Matthew Roettger, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. Roettger is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Alex Ross, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Mississinewa's loss dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Peru, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season.
Mississinewa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Peru will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against West Lafayette at 1:00 p.m. on March 9th. Hopefully Peru focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Saturday.
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