The Lincoln Southeast Knights posted their biggest win since December 2, 2023 on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Omaha Northwest 83-43 on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-18.
Leading Lincoln Southeast to victory were Jake Hilkemann and Taye Moore. Hilkemann scored 18 points along with seven rebounds, while Moore scored 17 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Deng Giet, who scored nine points along with 13 rebounds and two blocks.
Despite the loss, Omaha Northwest still got an impressive performance from Chiok John, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds and two blocks. That's the first time this season that John posted two or more blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Dontae McDowell, who scored ten points.
Lincoln Southeast pushed their record up to 10-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. They've been dominating during the contests in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 25.33 points. As for Omaha Northwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-8.
Lincoln Southeast will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Lincoln High at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln High is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak. As for Omaha Northwest, they will head out on the road to challenge Buena Vista at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Buena Vista focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 last Thursday.
