Basketball Recap: High Plains Piles Up the Points Against Palmer

Storm

Margin (Wins)

01/14/25 vs Palmer	44
12/20/24 vs Giltner	43
12/17/24 vs Nebraska Christian	33
01/09/25 @ Hampton	26
12/05/24 @ Heartland Lutheran	25

High Plains had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Palmer Tigers, posting a 76-32 win. The Storm have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 23 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead High Plains to victory, but perhaps none more so than Haden Helgoth, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance gave Helgoth a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Urkoski, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 boards.

High Plains is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.5 points per game. As for Palmer, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.

High Plains wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 46-43 victory against Nebraska Lutheran on the 16th. Palmer has also already played their next contest, a 65-20 defeat against Fullerton on the 20th.