Basketball Recap: Kearney's Victory on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Bearcats

Previous Games

01/24/25 vs Columbus	36-22
01/18/25 vs Burke	73-22
01/17/25 vs Fremont	67-20
01/11/25 @ Buena Vista	60-45
01/10/25 @ Lincoln High	45-35
+ 4 more games

Kearney waltzed into their matchup on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They took down the Columbus Discoverers 36-22. The 36-point effort marked the Bearcats' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Kearney's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.4 points per game. As for Columbus, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-6.

Kearney has already played their next contest (against Malcolm), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Columbus will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Omaha North at 5:30 p.m. on February 4th.