The Trinity Lutheran Cougars came tearing into Saturday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against Jac-Cen-Del by a score of 55-43. This was payback for Trinity Lutheran, who suffered a 56-38 loss the last time these two teams met.
Trinity Lutheran's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Hudson Lang led the charge by scoring 19 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Lang has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kowan Gross, who scored 16 points.
Trinity Lutheran is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for Jac-Cen-Del, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Trinity Lutheran will challenge Shawe Memorial at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Jac-Cen-Del, they will head out on the road to square off against Greensburg at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
