Blair is 2-8 against Norris since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Blair Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the Norris Titans at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blair will bounce into Friday's match after beating Gretna, who they had gone 0-7 against in their seven prior meetings. Blair snuck past Gretna with a 58-53 victory on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Norris came tearing into Friday's game with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Griffins, sneaking past 54-51. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while the Griffins are ranked 25th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blair better focus on containing Chris Garner Jr. and Barret Boesiger as the pair were huge in Norris' win. Garner Jr. went 8 of 10 en route to 19 points, while Boesiger went 5 of 7 on his way to 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Macoy Folkerts, who posted nine points.
Norris' win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points per game. As for Blair, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Blair came up short against Norris in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 58-45. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Norris' Jarrett Behrends, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 18 points. Now that Blair 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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