Lincoln North Star and Lincoln Southeast are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2015, but not for long. The Lincoln North Star Navigators are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Lincoln Southeast Knights at 7:30 p.m. on February 15th. One thing working in Lincoln North Star's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last seven matchups.
Lincoln North Star pushed their score all the way to 65 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The contest between them and Lincoln Southwest wasn't particularly close, with Lincoln North Star falling 84-65. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Lincoln North Star in their matchups with Lincoln Southwest: they've now lost five in a row.
Lincoln North Star's defeat came about despite a quality game from Lazerek Houston, who scored 22 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Houston has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Castor, who scored 13 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Lincoln Southeast ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They managed a 63-59 victory over Papillion-LaVista. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Lincoln Southeast's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Taye Moore led the charge by scoring 17 points along with three steals. Jake Hilkemann was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with five rebounds.
Lincoln North Star's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Lincoln Southeast, they pushed their record up to 16-6 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Lincoln North Star ended up a good deal behind Lincoln Southeast in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, losing 71-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moore, who scored 23 points along with three steals. Now that Lincoln North Star knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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