Basketball Recap: Lafayette County Picks Up Fifth Consecutive Win

Huskers

Previous 5 Games

01/23/25 @ Wellington-Napoleon	72-53
01/22/25 vs Carrollton	69-28
01/17/25 vs Lexington	61-52
01/16/25 vs St. Paul Lutheran	74-52
01/14/25 @ Knob Noster	71-42

Lafayette County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They strolled past the Wellington-Napoleon Tigers with points to spare, taking the game 72-53. Given the Huskers' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Tigers are ranked 523rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Wellington-Napoleon lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jared Raymond, who posted 14 points. The dominant performance gave Raymond a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Trey Simsheuser, who scored 11 points.

Lafayette County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.4 points per game. As for Wellington-Napoleon, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-10.

Lafayette County has already played their next matchup (against Holden), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wellington-Napoleon has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Leeton.