Basketball Recap: North Bend Central Sets Scoring Season-High Against Wisner-Pilger

Tigers

Team Score

02/01/25 vs Wisner-Pilger	93
12/28/24 vs Thayer Central	75
12/27/24 vs Ord	70
12/17/24 vs Wisner-Pilger	64
12/07/24 @ Seward	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Bend Central). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat the Wisner-Pilger Gators 93-45. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Gators are ranked 234th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The victory snapped North Bend Central's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 10-8 record. As for Wisner-Pilger, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-15 record this season.

North Bend Central will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Tekamah-Herman at 7:30 p.m. on February 11th. Tekamah-Herman has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. Wisner-Pilger will also get a bit of a break before their next match: they'll face off against Lyons-Decatur Northeast at 7:00 p.m. on February 11th.