This season hasn't been kind to the South Sioux City Cardinals, who are still winless after their sixth game. They fell 57-46 to Winnebago on Saturday. South Sioux City was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Winnebago apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in December of 2022.
Winnebago was led to victory by Lavelle Smith and Timothy Lapointe. Smith scored 19 points along with seven rebounds, while Lapointe dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 rebounds. The match was Lapointe's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cashus Kearnes, who scored seven points along with six rebounds.
South Sioux City's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Winnebago, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
South Sioux City will be home for the holidays to greet Cedar Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cedar Catholic presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than South Sioux City in Nebraska (Cedar Catholic is ranked 61st, while South Sioux City is ranked 264th). As for Winnebago, they will head out on the road to face off against Norfolk Catholic at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Norfolk Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday.
