Basketball Recap: Elkhorn South Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Jan 24, 2025, 4:04pm

Basketball Recap: Elkhorn South Storm vs. Pius X Thunderbolts

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Elkhorn South suffered their closest defeat since December 7, 2024 on Thursday. They fell just short of the Pius X Thunderbolts by a score of 61-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), the Storm still had to take the loss.

Lincoln Schwarz

Points

01/23/25 @ Pius X21
01/21/25 vs Omaha Central10
01/17/25 @ Omaha North20
01/14/25 @ Benson15
01/11/25 vs Bellevue East8

Despite the loss, Elkhorn South still got an impressive performance from Lincoln Schwarz, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 21 points. With that strong performance, Schwarz is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Vander Linden, who posted eight points.

With the loss, Elkhorn South broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-10. As for Pius X, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-6.

Elkhorn South will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Millard West at 7:15 p.m. As for Pius X, they will face off against Papillion-LaVista South at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

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