Basketball Recap: West Point-Beemer Snags Eighth Win in Last Nine Games

West Point-Beemer won the last time they faced Lyons-Decatur Northeast, and Allie Kaup did her part to make sure it happened again. Everything went the West Point-Beemer Cadets' way against the Lyons-Decatur Northeast Cougars on Saturday as the West Point-Beemer Cadets made off with a 50-29 win thanks in part to Kaup, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards. She has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more rebounds the last four times she's played.

Campbell Snodgrass was another key player, putting up 12 points and seven steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in steals.

Despite the loss, Lyons-Decatur Northeast had strong showings from Tavyanna Parker, who posted eight points, and Kassi Simonsen, who had eight points and six rebounds.

West Point-Beemer is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.3 points per game. As for Lyons-Decatur Northeast, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-8.

West Point-Beemer will square off against Battle Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Battle Creek sitting on three straight victories and West Point-Beemer on four. As for Lyons-Decatur Northeast, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lyons-Decatur Northeast Cougars take on the Tekamah-Herman Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lyons-Decatur Northeast is facing Tekamah-Herman at the right time seeing as Tekamah-Herman is stuck on a four-game losing streak.