The Southeast of Saline Trojans scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Monday. They blew past Ellinwood 62-31 on the road. Given Southeast of Saline's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while Ellinwood is ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the loss, Ellinwood saw an underclassman step up: Julia Schlessiger scored ten points along with seven rebounds and four blocks. Schlessiger has been hot recently, having posted three or more blocks the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bennett Jacobs, who scored six points.
Southeast of Saline is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season. As for Ellinwood, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-14.
Southeast of Saline didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 47-34 victory vs. Ellsworth on the 13th. Ellinwood will be playing in front of their home fans against Otis-Bison on Friday. Hopefully Ellinwood focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Monday.
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