The Rushville Lions's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fifth straight loss. They suffered a rough 50-27 defeat at the hands of Delta. Rushville has not had much luck with Delta recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Rushville lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Adrian Apodaca, who scored seven points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Malaki Knight, who scored nine points.
Rushville has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-17 record this season. As for Delta, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-6.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Rushville will take on Oldenburg Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Oldenburg Academy is coming into the game with three straight victories on the road, so Rushville is out to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Delta, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Shelbyville at 8:00 p.m. Hopefully Shelbyville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 last Friday.
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