Basketball Recap: Racine Lutheran Piles Up the Points Against Shoreland Lutheran

Crusaders

Margin (Wins)

01/16/25 @ Racine Horlick	66
01/18/25 vs Milwaukee Lifelong Learning	65
12/28/24 vs Catholic Central	59
11/30/24 @ Racine Case	49
12/03/24 @ Big Foot	46

Racine Lutheran had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They took their contest with ease, bagging an 89-52 win over the Shoreland Lutheran Pacers. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 games by 22 points or more this season.

Sam Pitrof went supernova for Racine Lutheran, going 8-for-12 to rack up 21 points and three steals. Justin Jones was another key player, going 6-for-10 en route to 15 points in addition to five boards and three steals.

Racine Lutheran pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.6 points. As for Shoreland Lutheran, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season.

Looking ahead, Racine Lutheran will be playing in front of their home fans against Martin Luther at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Martin Luther's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six contests. Shoreland Lutheran has already played their next game (against East Troy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.