Preview: Bellevue West Thunderbirds vs. Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks
Bellevue West is 0-3 against Lincoln Southwest since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bellevue West Thunderbirds will square off against the Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks at 7:45 p.m. Bellevue West will be looking to extend their current 13-game winning streak.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Bellevue West had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 48-39 win over the Titans.
It was another big night for Kenzie Melcher, who scored 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Naomi White, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Lincoln Southeast scored an imposing 56 points on Wednesday, Lincoln Southwest still came out on top. Lincoln Southwest skirted past Lincoln Southeast 58-56. 58 seems to be a good number for Lincoln Southwest as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Bellevue West is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Lincoln Southwest, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 22-3.
Bellevue West came up short against Lincoln Southwest in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, falling 47-39. Can Bellevue West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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