Basketball Recap: Lincoln Beats Stevens for Their Ninth Straight Win

Patriots

Previous Games

03/01/25 vs Stevens	70-56
02/28/25 vs Rapid City Central	66-39
02/18/25 @ Roosevelt	55-52
02/15/25 vs Pierre T.F. Riggs	74-51
02/14/25 @ Brandon Valley	69-58
+ 4 more games

Lincoln waltzed into their match on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They took down the Stevens Raiders 70-56. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while the Raiders are ranked 60th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Lincoln's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.4 points over those games. As for Stevens, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-15.

As of now, neither Lincoln nor Stevens have any future games scheduled.