Evansville Reitz is 9-1 against Evansville North since December of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Evansville Reitz Panthers will be playing at home against the Evansville North Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Evansville Reitz focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Saturday.
Evansville Reitz's 19-7 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They took a 55-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Indianapolis Arsenal Technical. While losing is never fun, Evansville Reitz can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 240th, while Indianapolis Arsenal Technical is ranked 72nd).
Despite the defeat, Evansville Reitz saw an underclassman step up: Jaylan Mitchell dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds. Mitchell scored a full 56.8% of Evansville Reitz's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, Evansville North didn't have too much trouble with Gibson Southern at home on Friday as they won 55-37.
This is the second loss in a row for Evansville Reitz and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Evansville North, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Evansville Reitz didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Evansville North when the teams last played back in December of 2022, but they still walked away with a 63-58 victory. Does Evansville Reitz have another victory up their sleeve, or will Evansville North turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
