Basketball Recap: Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Sets Scoring Season-High Against Neligh-Oakdale

Bears

Team Score (Highest)

02/07/25 vs Neligh-Oakdale	68
12/05/24 @ Creighton	67
12/06/24 @ Crofton	65
12/28/24 vs Winnebago	63
12/10/24 @ Homer	60

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Laurel-Concord-Coleridge). They blew past the Neligh-Oakdale Warriors, posting a 68-17 win. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Bears with their most commanding win of the season.

Gibson Roberts was his usual excellent self, going 7 for 11 on his way to 17 points and three steals. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. Parker Hoeppner also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge's record now sits at 7-13. As for Neligh-Oakdale, they are on a 32-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-19.

Looking ahead, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge will venture away from home to face off against Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.7 points per game this season. As for Neligh-Oakdale, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bloomfield at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.