Preview: Kansas School for the Deaf Jackrabbits vs. Veritas Christian Eagles
The Kansas School for the Deaf Jackrabbits and the Veritas Christian Eagles will face off at 6:00 p.m. on January 23rd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Kansas School for the Deaf's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their third straight loss. They fell 46-34 to Frontier School of Excellence. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Kansas School for the Deaf in their matchups with Frontier School of Excellence: they've now lost seven in a row.
Veritas Christian suffered their closest loss yet this season on Saturday. They fell just short of Wichita Defenders HomeSchool by a score of 42-40.
Despite the loss, Veritas Christian got a solid performance out of Gavin Oberzan, who scored 18 points along with nine rebounds and five steals. Another player making a difference was Josh Nadvornik, who scored four points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Kansas School for the Deaf's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4. As for Veritas Christian, they bumped their record down to 4-9 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
