Hershey and Broken Bow are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Hershey Panthers will be playing at home against the Broken Bow Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Hershey beat Red Cloud 63-52.
| 12/27/24 vs Red Cloud | 17 |
| 12/05/24 vs Perkins County | 16 |
| 12/13/24 vs Cozad | 13 |
| 12/19/24 @ Kimball | 11 |
| 01/16/24 vs Sutherland | 7 |
Hershey relied on the efforts of Lexi Pinkerton, who posted 17 points and six rebounds, and Demi Damoude, who went 7 of 12 on her way to 19 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Pinkerton a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenna Bringewatt, who had nine points in addition to five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Broken Bow had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top against the Cardinals by a score of 53-46.
Broken Bow pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.3 points per game. As for Hershey, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Hershey suffered a grim 63-39 defeat to Broken Bow in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Will Hershey have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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