It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Northeast Dubois Jeeps can now relate to. They took a serious blow against the Eagles on Friday, falling 83-47. While losing is never fun, Northeast Dubois can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while Evansville Christian is ranked 21st).
Several Jeeps players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Drew Schroering, who scored 12 points. Aidan Sheetz was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with five rebounds.
Josiah Dunham continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Evansville Christian, shooting 8-for-12 from downtown and almost dropping a double-double on 36 points and nine assists. Dunham hasn't dropped below 20 points for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Davis, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds.
Northeast Dubois has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season. As for Evansville Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 22-2.
Northeast Dubois does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Evansville Christian, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Wood Memorial at 6:30 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Evansville Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Friday.
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