Niobrara/Verdigre is 2-8 against Boyd County since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars will head out to take on the Boyd County Spartans. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Niobrara/Verdigre is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 58-23 win over Neligh-Oakdale. The Cougars pushed the score to 45-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Boyd County's game on Friday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Randolph as Boyd County made off with a 54-33 victory. With that win, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 50.1 points per game.
Niobrara/Verdigre better keep an eye on Charlie Adams. He was instrumental in Boyd County's win, going 9-for-15 en route to 22 points. Will Nelson was another key player, putting up three points and 13 rebounds.
The victory made it two in a row for Boyd County and bumps their season record up to 12-9. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29 points. As for Niobrara/Verdigre, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-21.
Niobrara/Verdigre took a serious blow against Boyd County in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 58-21. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Niobrara/Verdigre was down 36-14.
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