Preview: Perkins County Plainsmen vs. Bayard Tigers
Perkins County is 0-4 against Bayard since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Perkins County Plainsmen will head out on the road to challenge the Bayard Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Perkins County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
Perkins County has not done well against St. Patrick's recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way. Perkins County snuck past St. Patrick's with a 41-35 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for Perkins County.
Perkins County's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Katie Cook, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds. Libby Cole was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Bayard can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Maxwell as Bayard made off with a 55-30 victory. Given Bayard's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Maxwell is ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bayard's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lexi Fiscus, who scored 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals, and Joslyn Shay hopkins, who scored 19 points along with seven steals and five rebounds. Shay hopkins hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Scarlett Norman, who scored seven points along with three steals and two blocks.
Perkins County's record now sits at 13-10. As for Bayard, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Perkins County have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 31.3 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Bayard struggles in that department as they've been averaging 28.8 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Perkins County was dealt a bruising 60-31 defeat at the hands of Bayard when the teams last played last Tuesday. Can Perkins County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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