Basketball Game Preview: Great Plains Lutheran Panthers vs. Waubay/Summit Mustangs

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 2:06am

Preview: Great Plains Lutheran Panthers vs. Waubay/Summit Mustangs

Great Plains Lutheran is 2-8 against Waubay/Summit since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Great Plains Lutheran Panthers will be playing at home against the Waubay/Summit Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Great Plains Lutheran stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Central as Great Plains Lutheran made off with a 56-35 victory. Great Plains Lutheran pushed the score to 46-26 by the end of the third, a deficit North Central had little chance of recovering from.

Great Plains Lutheran's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Abby Kjenstad, who scored 21 points along with three steals and two blocks. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Kjenstad has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Olivia Holmen, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Waubay/Summit was just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 62-61 to Britton-Hecla. Waubay/Summit has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Great Plains Lutheran has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Waubay/Summit, they dropped their record down to 10-9 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.

Great Plains Lutheran strolled past Waubay/Summit in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 by a score of 50-35. Does Great Plains Lutheran have another victory up their sleeve, or will Waubay/Summit turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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