Lima Central Catholic was the 66-63 winner over Shawnee when they last played one another back in November, but their luck changed this time around. The Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds took a hard 74-59 fall against the Shawnee Indians on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (57), the Thunderbirds still had to take the loss.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Shawnee to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trevick Bertke, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and 13 boards. Bertke continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tate Bender, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 21 steals.
Lima Central Catholic's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-3. As for Shawnee, their victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Lima Central Catholic won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Ottawa-Glandorf at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Lima Central Catholic is facing Ottawa-Glandorf at the right time seeing as Ottawa-Glandorf is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Shawnee, they will face off against Coldwater at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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