The St. Paul Flyers will venture away from home to challenge the Calvert Senecas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in St. Paul's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three contests.
St. Paul is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Mapleton just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 73-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mounties. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (65), the Flyers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Calvert's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Old Fort by a score of 67-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Senecas have suffered against the Stockaders since January 19, 2021.
St. Paul will need focus on slowing down Grady Otterbacher, one of several Calvert players who made an impact when they last played. He went 9 of 16 from beyond the arc on his way to 29 points and three blocks. Those 29 points gave Otterbacher a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Wagner, who went 9 of 14 on his way to 20 points and eight rebounds.
St. Paul's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-3. As for Calvert, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 4-2.
St. Paul came up short against Calvert when the teams last played back in January, falling 48-41. Thankfully for St. Paul, Jacob Rombach (who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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