Basketball Recap: Jackson Foster and Hunter Nepple Secure Win for Adams Central

Adams Central won the last time they faced Grand Island Central Catholic and things went their way on Saturday too. The Adams Central Patriots came out on top against the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders by a score of 51-42. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly nine points.

Leading Adams Central to victory were Hunter Nepple and Jackson Foster. Nepple posted 25 points, while Foster put up 16 points. The match was Nepple's 11th in a row with at least ten points.

Grand Island Central Catholic's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Thomas Liban, who went 5 of 12 en route to 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylon Wolfe, who earned 12 points.

The win made it two in a row for Adams Central and bumps their season record up to 9-6. As for Grand Island Central Catholic, with the loss, they broke their ten-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-3.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Adams Central will take on Lakeview in a tournament on Tuesday. Adams Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season. As for Grand Island Central Catholic, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Bishop Neumann at 6:00 p.m. Grand Island Central Catholic is facing Bishop Neumann at the right time seeing as Bishop Neumann is stuck on a five-game losing streak.