Basketball Recap: Raymond Central Drops Season-High Score on Fairbury

Mustangs

Team Score

01/21/25 @ Fairbury	70
12/14/24 @ Syracuse	68
12/12/24 @ Wilber-Clatonia	68
12/20/24 vs Douglas County West	61
01/11/25 vs Centennial	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Raymond Central). They took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 70-28 win over the Fairbury Jeffs. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Jeffs are ranked 157th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Leading Raymond Central to victory were Alexa Otto and Kenzie Teneyck. Otto went 7 of 10 en route to 16 points along with eight rebounds and five steals, while Teneyck went 8 for 20 on her way to 21 points and five boards. Teneyck is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Taylor Kopecky, who posted eight points and five rebounds.

Raymond Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fairbury only racked up five assists.

Fairbury's loss came despite strong showings from Izzy Ohlde and Evelyn Timmons. Ohlde went 5 of 12 en route to 13 points and four blocks, while Timmons put up six points and seven boards. Ohlde has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last six times she's played.

The victory (which was Raymond Central's fourth in a row) raised their record to 12-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.5 points per game. As for Fairbury, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.

Raymond Central will face off against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Raymond Central is facing Logan View/Scribner-Snyder at the right time seeing as Logan View/Scribner-Snyder is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Fairbury, they will head out to square off against Sutton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.