Basketball Preview: Crete Cardinals vs. Beatrice Orangemen
Crete and Beatrice are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Crete Cardinals are taking a road trip to challenge the Beatrice Orangemen at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Crete is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Bennington on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Crete was outmatched by Bennington at home and fell 77-29. The Cardinals were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-15.
Meanwhile, Beatrice really took it to Ashland-Greenwood for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-31 victory. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Orangemen had established a 32 point advantage.
The win made it two in a row for Beatrice and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Crete, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Things could have been worse for Crete, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 62-47 loss to Beatrice when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Crete avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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