Basketball Game Preview: York Dukes vs. Standing Bear Grizzlies

Dukes

Points

02/14/25 vs Seward	67
02/08/25 @ Lakeview	46
02/07/25 @ Douglas County West	34
02/01/25 @ Lakeview	57
01/28/25 @ Crete	45
+ 15 more games

The York Dukes will venture away from home to face off against the Standing Bear Grizzlies on Tuesday. York is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.8 points per game this season.

York managed to keep up with Seward until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. York lost 87-67 to Seward. The Dukes just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.

York might have lost, but man, Ryan Huston was a machine: he dropped a double-double with 38 points and 12 rebounds. That was a full 56.7% of York's points, marking the fourth time in a row Huston has posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cayce Hager, who had ten points.

Meanwhile, Standing Bear came up short against Gretna on Saturday and fell 56-48.

Standing Bear has also traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 4-14 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points over those games. As for York, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-12.