The Wisner-Pilger Gators will take on the Humphrey-Lindsay Bulldogs on Tuesday.
Wisner-Pilger is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Fort Calhoun on Saturday. Wisner-Pilger fell to Fort Calhoun 44-40. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Pioneers are ranked 49th).
Meanwhile, Humphrey-Lindsay had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bears 59-56. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bulldogs have posted since December 7, 2024.
Humphrey-Lindsay is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.6 points per game. As for Wisner-Pilger, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Wisner-Pilger skirted past Humphrey-Lindsay 47-44 in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Does Wisner-Pilger have another victory up their sleeve, or will Humphrey-Lindsay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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