Kenesaw and Deshler are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Kenesaw Blue Devils will be playing at home against the Deshler Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kenesaw will be strutting in after a victory while Deshler will be coming in after a loss.
Kenesaw will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Pleasanton, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Kenesaw took down Pleasanton 56-37 on Saturday. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 45-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs cut but never quite recovered from.
| 01/25/25 vs Pleasanton | 15 |
| 02/08/24 vs Lawrence-Nelson | 14 |
| 12/05/24 @ Blue Hill | 13 |
| 12/06/24 @ Alma | 13 |
| 12/10/24 @ Loomis | 13 |
Kenesaw got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Sophia Schukei out in front who went 7 for 14 en route to 15 points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Schukei a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Elise Schukei, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 10 points.
Kenesaw was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Deshler's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against Superior, falling 49-27. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 38th).
Kenesaw is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.7 points per game. As for Deshler, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Kenesaw came up short against Deshler when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 40-35. Will Kenesaw have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
