Basketball Recap: Nemaha Central Sets Scoring Season-High Against Jefferson West

Thunder

Margin (Wins)

02/01/25 vs Jefferson West	40
01/10/25 vs Perry-Lecompton	37
01/30/25 vs Lansing	36
01/14/25 vs Royal Valley	32
12/20/24 @ Jefferson West	29

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nemaha Central). They claimed a resounding 67-27 victory over the Jefferson West Tigers. The Thunder have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 20 points or more this season.

Despite the loss, Jefferson West saw an underclassman step up: freshman Emmie Dean posted five points.

The win made it two in a row for Nemaha Central and bumps their season record up to 9-4. As for Jefferson West, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season.

Nemaha Central has already played their next game (against Hiawatha), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Jefferson West has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Rossville.