The North Central Eagles lost against the Antwerp Archers back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The game between the pair wasn't particularly close, with North Central falling 69-54. They have not had much luck with Antwerp recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
North Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Joe Burt, who scored 11 points. The game was Burt's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Johnny Hicks, who scored 11 points.
It was another big night for Landon Brewer, who shot 4-for-6 from long range and dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds for Antwerp. That makes it four consecutive games in which Brewer has scored at least 25% of Antwerp's points. Reid Lichty was another key contributor, scoring 17 points.
North Central bumped their record down to 2-3 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Antwerp, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. North Central will square off against Montpelier at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Montpelier is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak. As for Antwerp, they will head out on the road to face off against Kalida at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Kalida will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 764th, while Antwerp is ranked 157th).
