The South Bend Clay Colonials have not done well against the La Porte Slicers recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. South Bend Clay secured a 68-64 W over La Porte. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Bend Clay.
Tyrese Jones was his usual excellent self, scoring 27 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of South Bend Clay's points. Another player making a difference was Brad Hicks, who scored 16 points.
Several Slicers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Griffin Ott-large, who scored 19 points. Ott-large continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylan Kieszkowski, who scored 12 points.
South Bend Clay is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for La Porte, their loss was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 10-13.
South Bend Clay does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for La Porte, they will face off against Mishawaka at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully La Porte focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Friday.
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