Sioux County played a tough matchup on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the Morrill Lions, falling 58-33. The Warriors were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-10.
| 02/01/25 vs Morrill | 12 |
| 01/03/25 vs Morrill | 7 |
| 01/04/25 vs Crawford | 7 |
| 12/13/24 vs Minatare | 7 |
| 01/25/25 vs Edgemont | 6 |
Sioux County lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Preston Kreman, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 boards. Those 12 rebounds gave Kreman a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Perez, who posted four points and 13 boards.
Even though they lost, Sioux County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Morrill only pulled down eight offensive boards.
Ashwin Pittman was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine assists for Morrill. That makes it five consecutive games in which Pittman has scored at least a third of Morrill's points. Osiris Saucedo was another key player, putting up eight points.
Sioux County dropped their record down to 4-11 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Morrill, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-4.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Sioux County will welcome Oelrichs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sioux County is facing Oelrichs at the right time seeing as Oelrichs is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Morrill, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Gordon-Rushville at 6:30 p.m. Morrill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.3 points per game this season.
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