The Weeping Water Indians will take on the Pawnee City Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Weeping Water ended up a good deal behind Southern and lost 58-43. The Indians were down 46-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pawnee City). Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 67-26 stomp they got against Sterling. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Jets are ranked 230th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pawnee City had a senior duo take command as Jett Farwell went 7 for 11 on his way to 16 points in addition to eight boards and three steals and Anthony Kling went 9 of 14 on his way to 19 points in addition to five boards and four steals. Farwell's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Menninga, who posted seven points and three steals.
Pawnee City was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Pawnee City pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Weeping Water, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Weeping Water didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Pawnee City in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 41-37 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weeping Water since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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