The Lutheran-Northeast Eagles suffered their biggest defeat since December 7, 2023 on Tuesday. They were beaten by Clarkson/Leigh 63-19. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Lutheran-Northeast in their matchups with Clarkson/Leigh: they've now lost eight in a row.
Despite the loss, Lutheran-Northeast still got an impressive performance from Delaney Rose-hancock, who scored nine points.
It was another big night for Chloe Hanel, who scored 27 points along with five rebounds and five steals for Clarkson/Leigh. That makes it three consecutive games in which Hanel has scored at least a third of Clarkson/Leigh's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brynn Settje, who scored 13 points along with four steals.
Lutheran-Northeast bumped their record down to 2-12 with that loss, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Clarkson/Leigh, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Lutheran-Northeast will head out on the road to take on Howells-Dodge at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Howells-Dodge focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 last Saturday. As for Clarkson/Leigh, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Twin River at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Twin River is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
