Basketball Recap: High Plains Piles Up the Points Against Palmer

Storm

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Palmer	66
12/20/24 vs Giltner	55
01/11/25 @ Newman Grove/St. Edward	54
12/17/24 vs Nebraska Christian	53
01/09/25 @ Hampton	49

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask High Plains). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat the Palmer Tigers 66-32. The Storm have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 26 points or more this season.

Gahvrielle Lesiak continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 of 15 on her way to 22 points along with seven assists and five boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Courtney Carlstrom, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: High Plains was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.

High Plains is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Palmer, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-5 record this season.

High Plains has already played their next game, a 50-41 victory against Nebraska Lutheran on the 16th. Palmer has also already played their next match (against Fullerton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.