Omaha Westside is 8-1 against Bellevue East since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Omaha Westside Warriors just played last night, but they'll still head out to face the Bellevue East Chieftains at 4:45 p.m. on February 17th. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Omaha Westside has five straight victories, Bellevue East has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Omaha Westside faced Omaha Central in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Omaha Westside came out on top against Omaha Central by a score of 69-59. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Omaha Westside can attribute much of their success to Cj Mitchell, who scored 17 points along with four steals, and Kevin Stubblefield, who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds. Stubblefield is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 18 or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rickey Loftin, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-41, which was the final score in Bellevue East's tilt against Gretna on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Bellevue East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while Gretna is ranked tenth).
Omaha Westside pushed their record up to 16-4 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Bellevue East, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-20.
Everything came up roses for Omaha Westside against Bellevue East in their previous matchup back in January of 2023 as the team secured a 85-41 victory. In that match, Omaha Westside amassed a halftime lead of 44-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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