The Boys Town Cowboys will take on the Wayne Blue Devils on Saturday.
Boys Town is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Mount Michael Benedictine just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 51-39 to the Knights. The matchup marked the Cowboys' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Wayne came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they left with even more momentum. They really took it to the Bears for the full four quarters, racking up a 53-26 victory. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Bears are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Boys Town better keep an eye on Jace Jorgensen. He was instrumental in Wayne's win, dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Colson Nelsen, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Wayne was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Wayne's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. As for Boys Town, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-4.
Boys Town was taken down by Wayne 70-42 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nelsen, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points. Now that Boys Town knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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