Millard South and Papillion-LaVista South are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. The Millard South Patriots will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Papillion-LaVista South Titans at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Millard South focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up ten on Saturday.
Millard South is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They fell to Papillion-LaVista 59-54. While the Patriots didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Monarchs 15-9 in the first quarter.
Despite their loss, Millard South saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Jett Thomalla, who went 6 for 8 en route to 14 points plus six assists and six rebounds, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Albert, who went 5 for 9 en route to 13 points plus five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Papillion-LaVista South strolled past Norris with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 77-62. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Papillion-LaVista South.
Bryson Bahl had a dynamite game for Papillion-LaVista South, going 9 for 13 en route to 24 points plus seven rebounds. Bahl's afternoon made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jayden Herrera, who posted 12 points.
Millard South might still be hurting after the 68-43 defeat they got from Papillion-LaVista South in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bahl, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Millard South knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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