The Merrillville Pirates entered their tilt with the Michigan City Wolves with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Merrillville snuck past Michigan City with a 73-68 win on Friday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Merrillville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Preston Saia led the charge by scoring 24 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Shaun Clemons, who scored 18 points.
Merrillville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Michigan City, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-11.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Merrillville will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Hobart at 7:00 p.m. on February 17th. Merrillville is facing Hobart at the right time seeing as Hobart is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Michigan City, they will head out on the road to square off against Laporte at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Laporte is coming into the contest with eight straight losses at home, meaning Michigan City will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory.
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