Lincoln Southwest and Lincoln Northeast faced off in a cross-town battle on Friday. The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks blew past the Lincoln Northeast Rockets 65-38. Given the Silver Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Rockets are ranked 144th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/17/25 vs Lincoln Northeast | 5 |
| 01/14/25 vs Bellevue East | 7 |
| 01/11/25 @ Omaha Westside | 6 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lincoln Southwest to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaytee Irons-Buettner, who went 5 for 7 en route to 11 points and five steals. Irons-Buettner has been hot recently, having posted five or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Bellamy, who went 6 of 7 on her way to 13 points.
Lincoln Southwest was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Lincoln Northeast's loss came despite strong showings from Amari Heeren and Brynna Renard. Heeren posted ten points and seven steals, while Renard dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Heeren a new career-high in points.
Lincoln Southwest's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Lincoln Northeast, they dropped their record down to 4-7 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Lincoln Southwest wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 71-40 victory against Benson on the 18th. Lincoln Northeast has also already played their next match (against Burke), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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