Basketball Preview: Elkhorn South Storm vs. Gretna East Griffins
The Elkhorn South Storm will head out on the road to take on the Gretna East Griffins at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Elkhorn South focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Friday.
Elkhorn South struggled with offensive rebounds on Friday (the Rockets had 14 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Elkhorn South suffered a tough 67-47 defeat at the hands of the Rockets. While losing is never fun, Elkhorn South can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Rockets are ranked 32nd).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Alexa Eddie, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points she has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rowan Swartz, who scored 13 points.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Gretna East's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 41-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lincoln Southwest. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Gretna East has scored all season.
This is the second loss in a row for Elkhorn South and nudges their season record down to 8-10. As for Gretna East, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6.
