Basketball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield

Fighting Cardinals

Previous Games

02/01/25 vs Galatia	56-46
01/31/25 vs Crab Orchard	56-44
01/28/25 vs Thompsonville	54-42
01/23/25 @ Pope County	76-71
01/21/25 vs Gallatin County	66-50
+ 3 more games

Norris City-Omaha-Enfield entered their tilt with Galatia on Saturday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They walked away with a 56-46 win over the Galatia Bearcats. 56 seems to be a good number for the Fighting Cardinals as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

When it comes to explaining why Galatia lost, don't look at Connor Ammon. Despite the final result, he went 9 for 19 en route to 23 points. That's the most points Ammon has posted since back in November of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Puckett, who posted four points and six steals.

Norris City-Omaha-Enfield has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Galatia, the defeat snapped their winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 16-7 record.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Galatia beat Norris City-Omaha-Enfield by a score of 66-49 on Tuesday.