The Omaha Northwest Huskies pushed their score all the way to 59 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a hard 76-59 fall against Elkhorn South. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (58), Omaha Northwest still had to take the loss.
Omaha Northwest lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Abriya Watkins, who scored 21 points. That was a full 35.6% of Omaha Northwest's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jessica Houston, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Elkhorn South got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Mollie Probasco out in front who scored ten points along with seven steals and six assists. Addy Penke was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with five rebounds.
Omaha Northwest dropped their record down to 6-15 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Elkhorn South, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-12 record this season.
Omaha Northwest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Elkhorn South, they will head out on the road to face off against Bellevue East at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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