Elm Creek is 8-2 against Alma since December of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Elm Creek Buffaloes will head out on the road to face off against the Alma Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Elm Creek focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 28 on Friday.
Last Friday, Elm Creek suffered a tough 49-27 loss at the hands of Southern Valley. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Elm Creek in their matchups with Southern Valley: they've now lost three in a row.
Despite the loss, Elm Creek had strong showings from Kendal Cavenee, who scored 9 points along with 3 steals, and Halle Knapp, who scored 7 points. Cavenee scored a full 33.3% of Elm Creek's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, winning is just a little bit easier when you outrebound your opponent 14 to 3 on the offensive boards, a fact Alma proved on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 57-37 margin over Kenesaw. With that victory, Alma brought their scoring average up to 50.5 points per game.
Alma can attribute much of their success to Addison Siebels, who scored 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chayse Molzahn, who scored 13 points along with 6 rebounds.
Elm Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Alma, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Elm Creek came up short against Alma in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 58-53. Thankfully for Elm Creek, Addison Neal (who scored 23 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
