The Ellinwood Eagles will challenge the St. John Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Ellinwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Chase 78-24 on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Kats are ranked 319th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. John had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They walked away with a 55-46 victory over the Redskins.
St. John found their leader in freshman Emmett Delp, who posted 22 points. The match was Delp's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Braxton Alpers was another key player, putting up 12 points.
St. John has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points per game. As for Ellinwood, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Ellinwood was able to grind out a solid win over St. John in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, winning 49-42. Does Ellinwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. John turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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