The Northside L Lions entered their tilt with the Louisville Saints HomeSchool Saints with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Northside L narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Louisville Saints HomeSchool 63-61. Given Northside L's advantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked ninth in Indiana, while Louisville Saints HomeSchool is ranked 64th in Kentucky), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Northside L to victory were DUKE KARNES and JOEY HEASTON. KARNES scored 20 points along with 4 steals, while HEASTON scored 17 points along with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which KARNES has scored at least 25% of Northside L's points. The team also got some help courtesy of WILL SLAGLE, who scored 9 points.
When it comes to explaining why Louisville Saints HomeSchool lost, one person who can't be blamed is Abel Shreve. Despite the final result, he scored 19 points. The contest was Shreve's seventh in a row with at least ten points. John Omer was another key contributor, scoring 10 points along with 5 assists.
Even though they lost, Louisville Saints HomeSchool were working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northside L only racked up 19.
Northside L's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Louisville Saints HomeSchool, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3.
Northside L will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Hudsonville H at 7:40 p.m. on December 1st. Hudsonville H knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three matches -- so hopefully Northside L likes a good challenge. As for Louisville Saints HomeSchool, they will face off against Noble-Whitley Warriors at 5:40 p.m. on Friday. Noble-Whitley Warriors is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 56.9 points per game.
