The Omaha Westside Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Omaha Central Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Omaha Westside will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Omaha Westside faced Omaha North in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Omaha Westside blew past Omaha North 85-61. Omaha Westside has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 24 points or more this season.
Kevin Stubblefield and Cj Mitchell were among the main playmakers for Omaha Westside as the former dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds and the latter scored 24 points along with five assists and two steals. Mitchell is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Caleb Benning was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with two steals.
Omaha Central has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell to Omaha North 56-52.
Despite the defeat, Omaha Central had strong showings from Daleron Thomas, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds and three steals, and Devin Holmon, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds. Thomas hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of DaShawn Prince, who scored six points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Omaha Central smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Omaha North only pulled down eight offensive rebounds.
Omaha Westside is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Omaha Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-6.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Omaha Westside hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 70.5 points per game. However, it's not like Omaha Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 62.1 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Omaha Westside didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Omaha Central in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, but they still walked away with a 73-69 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Omaha Central's Jay Dawson, who scored 27 points along with two steals. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Omaha Westside to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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