The Peru Tigers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the South Bend St. Joseph Huskies at 10:00 a.m. on March 16th. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Peru rose to the challenge on Saturday. They took down the Red Devils 62-46.
Peru's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Matthew Roettger, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 15 rebounds. Roettger is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Alex Ross was another key contributor, scoring 18 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, South Bend St. Joseph entered their tilt with Glenn with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. South Bend St. Joseph enjoyed a cozy 53-38 victory over Glenn on Saturday. Winning is a bit easier when you work as a team to rack up seven more assists than your opponent, as South Bend St. Joseph did.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Chase Konieczny and Joe Chrapliwy. Konieczny had a great game and scored 15 points along with seven rebounds. Meanwhile, Chrapliwy was balling out in the loss, scoring 19 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Peru has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for South Bend St. Joseph, their win bumped their record up to 18-9.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Peru hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.7 points per game. However, it's not like South Bend St. Joseph struggles in that department as they've been averaging 67.3 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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