Basketball Preview: Nebraska City Pioneers vs. Ralston Rams
Nebraska City is 2-8 against Ralston since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Nebraska City Pioneers will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Ralston Rams at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Nebraska City focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 19 on Thursday.
Nebraska City is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They took a 62-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Beatrice.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Caleb Walker, who went 5 for 9 en route to 15 points plus three steals. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (60%). Another player making a difference was Mitchell Hodges, who went 5 for 11 en route to 13 points plus three steals.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Ralston beat Blair 50-46 on Saturday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ralston to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lamar Rucker, who posted 13 points plus six rebounds and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Winner Mutoke, who scored ten points plus five rebounds.
Nebraska City ended up a good deal behind Ralston in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, losing 73-56. Will Nebraska City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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