The Bellevue West Thunderbirds will be playing at home against the Bellevue East Chieftains at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Bellevue West's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 16 matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Bellevue West gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 83-29 victory over Lincoln High at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 47-14.
It was another big night for Naomi White, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. She hasn't dropped below two steals for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenzie Melcher, who scored 15 points.
Meanwhile, Bellevue East had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They walked away with a 71-61 win over Elkhorn South. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Bellevue West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Bellevue East, they pushed their record up to 16-7 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Bellevue West strolled past Bellevue East in their previous matchup on February 6th by a score of 66-47. Will Bellevue West repeat their success, or does Bellevue East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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