Basketball Game Preview: Pawnee City Indians vs. Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats

Pawnee City is 0-4 against Exeter-Milligan/Friend since January of 2024 but things could change on Thursday. The Pawnee City Indians will challenge the Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Pawnee City's tournament run continued when they took on Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer on Tuesday. Pawnee City simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 62-33. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.

Meanwhile, Exeter-Milligan/Friend had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 68-56 win over the Irish. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Irish are ranked 161st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Pawnee City has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for Exeter-Milligan/Friend, their victory bumped their record up to 17-2.

Pawnee City came up short against Exeter-Milligan/Friend in their previous matchup on Friday, falling 63-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Exeter-Milligan/Friend's Grady Bresson, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 11 boards. Now that Pawnee City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.