On Tuesday, the Sacred Heart Knights faced the Beloit Trojans in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Sacred Heart fell just short of Beloit by a score of 57-54. It was the first time this season that Sacred Heart let down their fans at home.
Beloit had a senior duo take command as Bryce Beisner scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and three blocks and Noah Gerstner scored 14 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Quinn Eilert, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Sacred Heart's defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-3. As for Beloit, they pushed their record up to 17-1 with that victory, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Sacred Heart will face off against Republic County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart is facing Republic County at the right time seeing as Republic County is stuck on a 15-game losing streak. As for Beloit, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Minneapolis at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Beloit is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Kansas (they are ranked eighth, while Minneapolis is ranked 227th).
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