Burke was the 69-63 winner over Bellevue East when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Burke Bulldogs received a blow on Tuesday as they fell 75-61 to the Bellevue East Chieftains. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (59), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
| 01/28/25 @ Bellevue East | 17 |
| 01/31/24 vs Roncalli Catholic | 15 |
| 02/06/24 @ Papillion-LaVista South | 14 |
| 12/19/24 vs Westview | 14 |
| 01/04/25 vs Benson | 14 |
Burke lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Marcus Buchanan, who posted 17 points. Those 17 points gave Buchanan a new career-high. Nate Vereen-Burton was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Bellevue East's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Isaac Gore, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine boards. Gore has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Joshua Jones, who made all 6 shots he took to post 17 points and seven boards.
Burke's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Bellevue East, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-9.
Burke will square off against Buena Vista at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Bellevue East, they will take on Papillion-LaVista at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Papillion-LaVista's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups.
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