A well-balanced attack led the Nixa Eagles over the Webb City Cardinals in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Nixa strolled past Webb City with points to spare, taking the game 84-69. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Webb City still got an impressive performance from Eli Pace, who scored 22 points along with six assists and six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Pace has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Barron Duda, who scored 16 points.
Nixa has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Webb City, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-6.
Nixa will take on Branson at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Nixa is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Missouri (they are ranked 26th, while Branson is ranked 211th). As for Webb City, they will head out on the road to challenge Carl Junction at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Webb City has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,333 points over their last 18 matches.
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