Minneapolis is on a three-game streak of home losses, Southeast of Saline a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The Minneapolis Lions will welcome the Southeast of Saline Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
It was a proper cat-fight when Minneapolis took on Ellsworth on Tuesday. Minneapolis fell 41-32 to Ellsworth.
Meanwhile, Southeast of Saline didn't have quite enough to beat Beloit on Tuesday and fell 65-62.
Minneapolis will have to keep a close watch on Gannon Jacobson and Samuel Knopf, a pair of players who had a big impact on Southeast of Saline's prior game. Jacobson went 8-for-14 en route to 26 points and eight boards, while Knopf went 5-for-7 to rack up 15 points. Jacobson's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Grady Gebhardt, who posted six points.
Minneapolis' loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Southeast of Saline, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
Minneapolis took a serious blow against Southeast of Saline in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 74-31. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jacobson, who almost dropped a double-double with 25 points and nine rebounds. Now that Minneapolis knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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