If the Lincoln East Spartans were feeling good off their 69-22 takedown of the Buena Vista Bison last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Lincoln East took a hard 75-58 fall against Gretna on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Lincoln East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while Gretna is ranked tenth).
Loss or not, Lincoln East got some senior leadership from Quin Weatherholt and Carter Mick. Weatherholt scored 17 points along with five rebounds, while Mick. scored 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Johnson, who scored eight points.
Gretna's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alex Wilcoxson led the charge by scoring 13 points along with two steals. Wilcoxson has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Landon Pokorski, who scored 15 points along with five assists.
Lincoln East's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Gretna, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-4.
Lincoln East will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Burke at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln East is facing Burke at the right time seeing as Burke is stuck on a eight-game losing streak. As for Gretna, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Bellevue East at 7:15 p.m. Gretna is facing Bellevue East at the right time seeing as Bellevue East is stuck on a 14-game losing streak.
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