The Nekoosa Papermakers lost against the Northland Lutheran Wildcats back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Nekoosa fell 36-25 to Northland Lutheran. Nekoosa has struggled against Northland Lutheran recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Northland Lutheran was led to victory by Kenzie Rohland and Josslin Adams. Rohland scored 7 points along with 4 steals, while Adams scored 18 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Adams has scored at least 25% of Northland Lutheran's points.
Nekoosa bumped their record down to 1-6 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 18.3 points per game. As for Northland Lutheran, their win bumped their record up to 1-2.
Nekoosa will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Tri-County at 6:00 p.m. Northland Lutheran won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Gresham Community at 7:00 p.m. on December 1st.