The West Lafayette Red Devils waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins but they left with four. They walked away with a 70-60 victory over Lafayette Central Catholic. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
When it comes to explaining why Lafayette Central Catholic lost, one person who can't be blamed is Albert Schwartz. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. Schwartz has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Stapleton, who scored eight points.
West Lafayette's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.5 points per game. As for Lafayette Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 11-6.
West Lafayette didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 65-44 win vs. Tri-County on the 10th. Lafayette Central Catholic will be playing in front of their home fans against Seeger at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Seeger will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while Lafayette Central Catholic is ranked 120th).
