The Southern Door Eagles can thank Drew Daoust for their win against the NEW Lutheran Blazers 75-72 on 103.3 The Clipper Friday night. 

 

Drew Daoust had his scoring going early and often in this matchup, as he got into the painted area with ease, and did most of his scoring from the inside. Southern Door got into some serious foul trouble with their bigs, as Jared Hawkey and Taylor Schaefer had 3 and 2 fouls respectively going into the half. 

 

Elijah Meerstein was the go-to scorer for the Blazers in the first half, as he had 15 at the break. The Eagles would lead 32-26 going into the break, led by Daoust's 21. 

 

The second half would be a one on one scoring matchup between Daoust and Tristian Lynch. Both players would trade buckets back and forth, and Lynch would give the Blazers the lead with around 6 minutes to play in the second half. 

 

The Eagles would lean on strong post play from Hawkey and Schaefer at the end of the second half, as both players would be clutch from the free throw line to wrap up the 75-72 win. Daoust and Lynch would both score 20 alone in the second half. 

 

Southern Door had three players finish above 10 points, with Daoust finishing with 41, Hawkey with 15 and Schaefer with 12. Tristian Lynch led the Blazers with 26, joined with Elijah Meerstein pouring in 23.