Ithaca is 9-1 against Michigan Lutheran Seminary since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Ithaca Yellowjackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Ithaca had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They took down Hill-McCloy 65-50. Given Ithaca's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while Hill-McCloy is ranked 532nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Michigan Lutheran Seminary didn't have too much trouble with Akron-Fairgrove at home on Tuesday as they won 66-48. The win made it back-to-back wins for Michigan Lutheran Seminary.
Michigan Lutheran Seminary found their leader in underclassman Noah Reif, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. William Salgat was another key contributor, scoring 18 points.
Ithaca is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Michigan Lutheran Seminary, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
Ithaca strolled past Michigan Lutheran Seminary in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 57-41. Will Ithaca repeat their success, or does Michigan Lutheran Seminary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
