The Papillion-LaVista South Titans's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fifth straight loss. They took a 71-57 bruising from Millard North. Papillion-LaVista South has struggled against Millard North recently, as their match on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Papillion-LaVista South still got an impressive performance from Bryson Bahl, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. Bahl has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Beckenhauer, who scored five points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Neal Mosser continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Millard North, scoring 18 points along with seven assists and two steals. Mosser has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Keelan Bennett, who scored eight points along with three steals and two blocks.
Papillion-LaVista South has been struggling recently, as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-6 record this season. As for Millard North, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Papillion-LaVista South won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Lincoln Northeast at 2:45 p.m. on January 27th. Lincoln Northeast will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings (they are ranked 127th, while Papillion-LaVista South is ranked 42nd). As for Millard North, they will be playing at home against Millard South at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Millard South focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.