After soaring to 61 points the game before, Lincoln East was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were outmatched by the Lincoln North Star Navigators and fell 70-30. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Navigators are ranked 24th).
Several Spartans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Nolan O'Neill, who posted five points.
Jordan Castor was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 13 on his way to 17 points and six steals for Lincoln North Star. The team also got some help courtesy of William Schafer, who put up ten points.
Lincoln East's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Lincoln North Star, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Lincoln East will face off against Millard South at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Millard South is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 70.9 points per game this season. As for Lincoln North Star, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 50-46 defeat against Creighton Prep on the 11th.
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