Metro-East Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 46-17 loss at the hands of the Murphysboro Red Devils. The Knights were down 41-11 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Leeah Watson was Metro-East Lutheran's leading scorer, having posted nine points. Avery Simaytis held things down on the boards with ten rebounds.
Metro-East Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 2-18. As for Murphysboro, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-16.
Metro-East Lutheran has already played their next contest (against Dupo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Murphysboro will head out on the road to challenge Century at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Century will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Murphysboro surely won't give up without a fight.
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