The Bruning-Davenport/Shickley Eagles just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Red Cloud Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Lawrence-Nelson 40-26 on Monday. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Raiders recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Red Cloud didn't have too much trouble with Deshler on Thursday as they won 52-36. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Dragons are ranked 204th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Red Cloud found their leader in sophomore Aiva Rust, who posted 29 points. Rust's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least 17 points. Josie Faimon was another key player, putting up 14 points.
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley's win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-18. As for Red Cloud, their victory bumped their record up to 17-3.
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley was dealt a bruising 66-17 loss at the hands of Red Cloud when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rust, who shot 6-for-6 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double with 28 points and ten steals. Now that the Eagles know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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