The Omaha Westside Warriors lost to the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs back in January, but the Omaha Westside Warriors didn't allow the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs the same satisfaction on Friday. Omaha Westside enjoyed a cozy 63-46 win over Papillion-LaVista. The win made it back-to-back wins for Omaha Westside.
Omaha Westside's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kimora Jenkins led the charge by scoring 17 points along with five rebounds. That's the first time this season that Jenkins scored 15 or more points. Kara Stricklin was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
When it comes to explaining why Papillion-LaVista lost, one person who can't be blamed is Rease Murtaugh. Despite the final result, she scored 26 points along with eight rebounds. Those 26 points set a new season-high mark for her. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayda Richardson, who scored 13 points.
Omaha Westside has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Papillion-LaVista, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3.
Omaha Westside's road trip will continue as they head out to face Benson at 12:00 p.m. on December 29th. Hopefully Benson focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 last Saturday. As for Papillion-LaVista, they will take on Omaha Northwest at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Omaha Northwest will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings (they are ranked 228th, while Papillion-LaVista is ranked 67th).
