The Madison Dragons's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to the Oakland-Craig Knights on Monday. Madison walked away with a 56-45 victory over Neligh-Oakdale. That's another feather in the cap for Madison, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Leading Madison to victory were Jeremiah Sanchez and Jose Velez. Sanchez scored 20 points, while Velez scored 15 points along with four steals. Diego Avila was another key contributor, scoring no points along with six assists and four steals.
Despite the loss, Neligh-Oakdale still got an impressive performance from Chase Furstenau, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 51.1% of Neligh-Oakdale's points, marking the 14th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Colson Krebs, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds.
Neligh-Oakdale struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Madison pulled down 12 offensive rebounds.
Madison pushed their record up to 10-7 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Neligh-Oakdale, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-15.
Madison won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against West Point-Beemer at 7:00 p.m. on February 6th. Hopefully Madison focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Monday. As for Neligh-Oakdale, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Bloomfield at 6:00 p.m. on February 6th. Neligh-Oakdale has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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