If Sioux City East was feeling good fresh off their 62-29 takedown of South Sioux City last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Sioux City East Black Raiders fell to the Lincoln Lynx 69-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (62), the Black Raiders still had to take the loss.
Lincoln was led to victory by Hutson Rau and Addie Naughton. Rau dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Naughton shot 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 boards. Those 20 points gave Naughton a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aubrey Sandbothe, who posted eight points and three blocks.
Sioux City East has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-4 record this season. As for Lincoln, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6.
Sioux City East will head out on the road to square off against Sioux Center at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lincoln, they will challenge Bishop Heelan Catholic at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.5 points per game this season.
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