The Litchfield Purple Panthers will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Routt Catholic Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Litchfield focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Litchfield was able to grind out a solid victory over Tri-City, taking the game 46-33. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Purple Panthers.
Litchfield can attribute much of their success to Nate Schaake, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Ethan Saathoff, who went 6 for 15 en route to 13 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. Saathoff has been hot , having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Keenan Logan, who earned seven points.
Litchfield was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Routt Catholic put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They secured a 34-29 W over New Berlin.
Routt Catholic's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Litchfield, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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