The Chase County Longhorns entered their tilt with the Sutherland Sailors with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Chase County really took it to Sutherland for the full four quarters, racking up a 75-21 win on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-13.
Chase County got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Camron Lempke out in front who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Lempke is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Jablonski, who scored 17 points.
Despite the loss, Sutherland saw an underclassman step up: JT Lantis scored 13 points. That was a full 61.9% of Sutherland's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sutherland struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. They are winless (0-3) when they can't control their own glass like that.
Chase County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Sutherland, they dropped their record down to 1-18 with that defeat, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season.
Chase County will challenge Broken Bow at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Chase County's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three contests. As for Sutherland, they will take on Maxwell at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Sutherland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday.
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