The Omaha Westside Warriors will venture away from home to take on the Lincoln East Spartans at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Omaha Westside knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Lincoln East likes a good challenge.
Omaha Westside is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Buena Vista: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Omaha Westside blew Buena Vista out of the water with an 86-48 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-21.
Omaha Westside found their leader in freshman Lee Robinson, who went 5-for-10 on his way to 16 points in addition to seven boards and five assists. Carson Healy was another key player, going 6-for-8 to rack up 17 points.
Omaha Westside was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Buena Vista only racked up six assists.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln East). They blew past Columbus 85-58 on Saturday. The Spartans haven't had any issues with the Discoverers recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Omaha Westside better keep an eye on Luke Larson. He was instrumental in Lincoln East's win, dropping a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Larson a new career-high in assists (eight). Another player making a difference was Hudson Grau, who went 5-for-8 en route to 11 points.
Omaha Westside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.5 points over those games. As for Lincoln East, their win bumped their record up to 8-14.
Everything went Omaha Westside's way against Lincoln East in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as Omaha Westside made off with a 76-56 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lincoln East's Reid Voog, who went 7-for-11 from beyond the arc on his way to 23 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Omaha Westside still be able to contain Voog? There's only one way to find out.
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