Papillion-LaVista South is 1-9 against Creighton Prep since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Papillion-LaVista South Titans will look to defend their home court against the Creighton Prep Junior Jays at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Papillion-LaVista South beat Millard West 69-56. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Papillion-LaVista South.
Papillion-LaVista South relied on the efforts of Bryson Bahl, who scored 18 points along with 9 rebounds, and Reece Kircher, who scored 19 points along with 5 assists. That makes it two consecutive games in which Bahl has scored at least 25% of Papillion-LaVista South's points. Grant Beckenhauer was another key contributor, scoring 6 points.
Meanwhile, winning is just a little bit easier when you nail five more threes than your opponent, a fact Creighton Prep proved on Saturday. They put the hurt on Papillion-LaVista with a sharp 58-38 win.
Creighton Prep got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Dillon Claussen out in front who scored 11 points along with 8 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinell Parker, who scored 8 points along with 14 rebounds and 3 blocks.
The wins kept both teams' perfect 2-0 season records intact.
Papillion-LaVista South came up short against Creighton Prep when the teams last played back in January, falling 46-42. Can Papillion-LaVista South avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
