Sacred Heart Indians
Sacred Heart

Indian losing streak at four

  • Ty Noska vs. St. Paul. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
    Ty Noska vs. St. Paul. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
  • Marcus Seger guards Cardinal Ezekiah Rodriguez. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
    Marcus Seger guards Cardinal Ezekiah Rodriguez. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

    The Sacred Heart Indians have picked a bad time of the season to play bad basketball.

    The Indians suffered their fourth loss in a row in dropping a 53-33 decision to San Antonio Atonement Academy here Friday.

    The Crusaders led 12-7 at the end of the first quarter, 21-13 at the half and 27-22 at the end of three before the roof caved in. The Crusaders outscored the Indians 23-11 in the final eight minutes.

    Andrew Steffek scored almost half the points for the Indians with 19.

    SH will play Bishop Reicher in Waco Saturday at 6 p.m. in the bi-district round.

    Scoring: Riley Haas 2 0-0 4, Hudson Kutac 1 1-4 3, Marcus Seger 0 1-2 1, Ty Noska 1 0-0 3, Andrew Steffek 4 2-7 19, Kolby Haas 0 1-21, Brody Etzler 0 1-2 1.

    Threes: Steffek, Noska.

    St. Paul 49, SH 28

    The St. Paul Cardinals shot 58.8% from the floor in the 49-28 victory over the Indians here Tuesday, Feb. 4.

    SP led 9-4 at the first break and 16-10 at the half.

    The third quarter was pivotal when the Cardinals began the stanza with a 6-0 run with Jack Ehrig canning two threes and Ezekial Rodriguez scoring 5 points for a 33-17 advantage going into the final canto and the Indians never recovered.