Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
ROCHESTER AT TRITON
Tip-off: 6 p.m. Tuesday in Bourbon
Coaches: David Burkett (Rochester), Joe Bennett (Triton)
Records: Rochester 3-7, Triton 5-4
Last game: Valley 90, Rochester 83 OT; Jimtown 62, Triton 50.
Last year: Triton 68, Rochester 66
Matchup: Rochester is looking to avenge a two-point loss on its home court to the Trojans last year ... The Zebras are led by Deric Beck who averages 15.#1 points, 5.4 assists, 3.2 steals and 5.2 rebounds per game ... Blake Newton who averages 20.3 points per game is the leading scorer for the Zebras ... Triton is led by Matt Savill who averages 13.6 points per game ... Brandon Zeider pitches in an average of 11.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game ... Jim Read pulls down 3.9 rebounds per game, and Austin Unterbrink dishes out 3.7 assists per game for the Trojans.
Bennett: "Rochester is a very good offensive team. They shoot extremely well and play together very well. They have the type of team that can have a good spurt and almost overwhelm you. They also do a good job defensively. We must be patient, efficient, and play defense to keep their shooters contained. A big key will be to keep them off the offensive boards. We don't want to let them crash the offensive boards. We will try to keep them to just one shot per possession."
Burkett: "Triton is a good team who has played a good schedule. They are also a very quick team so we are working on our quickness. Savill scored 22 points on us last year, and they beat us by two points in Rochester so we would like to avenge that loss this year. We will try to work on our assets and shut down Savill and Zeider. We don't have the heighth, so we must try to outrebound them."
