Basketball Recap: Garden County Beats South Platte for Their Seventh Straight Victory

Eagles

Previous Games

02/25/25 vs South Platte	59-52
02/21/25 vs Leyton	53-51
02/14/25 @ Hay Springs	57-55
02/11/25 vs Hyannis	51-40
02/07/25 vs Potter-Dix	66-36
+ 2 more games

Garden County entered their tilt with South Platte on Tuesday with six consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the South Platte Blue Knights by a score of 59-52. This was a revenge game for the Eagles: when they faced off against the Blue Knights back in January, they had to take a 42-37 defeat.

Garden County's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Wilsie Lobner, who posted 20 points. Lobner's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kole Fornander, who put up 14 points.

South Platte's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nathan Jacobs, who almost dropped a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Jacobs has been hot recently, having posted eight or more boards the last three times he's played. Conner Evans was another key player, putting up eight points along with nine rebounds and four blocks.

Garden County's win bumped their record up to 16-7. As for South Platte, they moved to 14-10 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Garden County has already played their next contest (against Wallace), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. South Platte does not have any more games scheduled as of now.