Evansville Reitz has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. The Evansville Reitz Panthers and the Park Tudor Panthers will round out the year against one another at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday at. Evansville Reitz has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Evansville Reitz scored the most points they've had all season to find success last Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Castle and snuck past 67-65. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Evansville Reitz found their leader in underclassman Jaylan Mitchell, who scored 28 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Mitchell has scored at least 25% of Evansville Reitz's points. Another player making a difference was Jayce Swanson, who scored 11 points along with six assists.
Meanwhile, Park Tudor entered their tilt with Indianapolis Scecina Memorial with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Park Tudor claimed a resounding 66-29 victory over Indianapolis Scecina Memorial at home. Park Tudor might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three games by 24 points or more this season.
The victory got Evansville Reitz back to even at 3-3. As for Park Tudor, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
