Ogallala and Minden are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Ogallala Indians just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Minden Whippets at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ogallala is headed out to face Minden after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Ogallala breezed by Lexington to the tune of 66-31 on Friday. The Indians pushed the score to 52-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Minutemen had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Minden had to kick off their season on the road on Thursday, but they showed no ill effects. They snuck past Southern Valley with a 55-50 victory. The score was all tied up 26-26 at the break, but the Whippets were the better team in the second half.
Myla Emery and Mattie Kamery were among the main playmakers for Minden as the former dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds and the latter went 5 for 11 en route to 12 points plus six rebounds and four steals. Emery is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Kinsie Land, who had 13 points plus six rebounds and two steals.
Minden smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in January.
Ogallala came up short against Minden in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 49-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Land, who had 16 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Now that Ogallala knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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