Even though the Bendle Tigers scored an imposing 55 points on Tuesday, the Kingston Cardinals still came out on top. Kingston took their contest against Bendle 63-55. With that win, Kingston brought their scoring average up to 51.1 points per game.
Leading Kingston to victory were Austin Deroseau and Owen Corlis . Deroseau dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Corlis scored 26 points along with five rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Corlis has scored at least 25% of Kingston's points. Another player making a difference was Gavin Michalski, who scored nine points.
Bendle lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Malik Neal, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. The matchup was Neal's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Boyd, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Kingston's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Bendle, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2.
Kingston will head out on the road to face off against Mayville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Bendle, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Hamady at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
