Basketball Recap: Minden Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 24, 2025, 7:34am

Basketball Recap: Minden Whippets vs. Hastings Tigers

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Minden was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 62-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hastings Tigers. The Whippets were not able to make up for their defeat to the Tigers from their previous meeting back in February of 2024.

Brett Eckhardt

Rebounds

02/22/25 vs Hastings11
02/13/25 @ Wood River15
02/11/25 vs Adams Central13
02/08/25 vs Gothenburg13
02/07/25 vs Cozad8
+ 15 more games

Despite the loss, Minden still got an impressive performance from Brett Eckhardt, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards. Eckhardt has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 20 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Bules, who posted 14 points.

Minden's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Hastings, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-10.

Looking ahead, Minden will square off against Gibbon at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hastings does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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