The Evansville Memorial Tigers waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with seven straight wins but they left with eight. They walked away with a 59-51 victory over Evansville North. Given Evansville Memorial's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while Evansville North is ranked 106th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tucker Tornatta continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 16 rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down ten or more in the last five games he's played. Luke Ellspermann was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Several Huskies players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Bryson Chapman, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Huebner, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Evansville North struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Evansville Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Evansville North, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-11.
Evansville Memorial will be playing in front of their home fans against Washington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Evansville Memorial is on a four-game streak of home wins, Washington a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. Evansville North will take on Terre Haute North Vigo at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Terre Haute North Vigo will roll in looking for their 18th straight victory, something Evansville North surely won't give up without a fight.
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