Ness City lost against Ellinwood back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Ness City Eagles were outmatched by the Ellinwood Eagles and fell 68-39. Ness City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
| 01/28/25 @ Ellinwood | 3 |
| 01/25/25 @ Decatur Community | 2 |
| 01/24/25 vs Rawlins County | 2 |
| 01/21/25 @ Quinter | 4 |
| 01/17/25 @ Chase | 10 |
| 01/14/25 vs Spearville | 6 |
When it comes to explaining why Ness City lost, don't look at Broxton Gall. Despite the final result, he went 5 of 7 en route to 14 points and three steals. Gall has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Benjamin Durham, who posted eight points.
Landon Simpson was his usual excellent self, going 14 for 26 on his way to 36 points along with eight boards and six steals for Ellinwood. That makes it three consecutive games in which Simpson has scored at least a third of Ellinwood's points. Drake Hosman was another key player, putting up nine points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Ness City's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Ellinwood, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-5.
Ness City has already played their next game (against Wheatland-Grinnell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Ellinwood will head out to square off against Lyons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Ellinwood's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.
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