Southern managed to keep up with Thayer Central until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Southern Raiders lost 54-31 to the Thayer Central Titans. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Titans are ranked 40th).
It was another big night for Paige Tietjen, who dropped a double-double with 27 points and 11 boards for Thayer Central. With that strong performance, Tietjen is now averaging an impressive 15.3 points per game. Leah Havel was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Southern's defeat dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Thayer Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Southern has already played their next contest (against Cedar Bluffs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Thayer Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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