The Heartland Huskies will challenge the High Plains Storm at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Heartland is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest loss since December 10, 2024 on Thursday. They lost 79-59 to Fillmore Central. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while the Panthers are ranked 49th).
Meanwhile, High Plains had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Knights out 46-43. The 46-point effort marked the Storm's lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
High Plains has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.2 points per game. As for Heartland, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-9 record this season.
Heartland was able to grind out a solid victory over High Plains in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, winning 58-46. Will Heartland repeat their success, or does High Plains have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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