Medicine Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 55-21 loss at the hands of the Dundy County-Stratton Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Tigers are ranked 97th).
| 01/16/25 vs Dundy County-Stratton | 7 |
| 12/14/24 vs Wauneta-Palisade | 6 |
| 12/09/23 vs Decatur Community | 5 |
| 01/11/24 @ Dundy County-Stratton | 5 |
| 02/01/24 @ Wauneta-Palisade | 5 |
Despite the defeat, Medicine Valley had strong showings from Haylie Gustafson, who went 5 of 10 on her way to 10 points and six rebounds, and Kamree Elsten, who posted four points in addition to seven boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Elsten a new career-high in boards.
Even though they lost, Medicine Valley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in four consecutive matchups.
Dundy County-Stratton got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kimberly Escobar out in front who earned 12 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Ava Lutz, who had ten points.
Medicine Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Dundy County-Stratton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Medicine Valley will head out on the road to square off against Mullen at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mullen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.3 points per game this season. Dundy County-Stratton has already played their next contest (against Loomis), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
