The Charleston Trojans and the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans are set to duel on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Charleston's tournament run continued when they took on Watseka on Wednesday. Charleston was the clear victor by a 55-30 margin over Watseka. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Luke Bonnstetter and Tyler Oakley were among the main playmakers for Charleston as the former scored 16 points in addition to six rebounds and the latter earned 18 points in addition to eight rebounds. What's more, Bonnstetter also racked up three threes, the most he's had since back in January. Another player making a difference was Andrew Kukykendall, who had six points.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led St. Joseph-Ogden over Watseka in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. Joseph-Ogden blew Watseka out of the water with a 60-27 final score. The Spartans pushed the score to 52-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had little chance of recovering from.
St. Joseph-Ogden's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Charleston, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Charleston came up short against St. Joseph-Ogden when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 48-41. Can Charleston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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