Norris is on a 11-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Blair is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Norris Titans will host the Blair Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Norris is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 72.3 points per game this season.
Norris is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Gretna East, who was ranked 25th at the time (Norris was ranked first). Norris sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 54-51 win over Gretna East on Friday. The 54-point effort marked the Titans' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Norris relied on the efforts of Chris Garner Jr., who went 8 of 10 on his way to 19 points, and Barret Boesiger, who went 5 for 7 on his way to 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Macoy Folkerts, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, Blair hadn't done well against Gretna recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Blair snuck past Gretna with a 58-53 victory.
The win got Blair back to even at 5-5. As for Norris, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
Norris was able to grind out a solid win over Blair in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, winning 58-45. Will Norris repeat their success, or does Blair have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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