The Standing Bear Grizzlies will take on the Nebraska City Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Standing Bear came up short against Plattsmouth and fell 65-54.
Meanwhile, Nebraska City was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 64-59 to Gross Catholic. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (57), the Pioneers still had to take the loss.
Standing Bear will need to focus on slowing down Caleb Walker, one of several Nebraska City players who made an impact when they last played. He almost dropped a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave Walker a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Brayden Earll, who dropped a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards.
Nebraska City's defeat dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Standing Bear, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15.
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