The Gross Catholic Cougars will take on the Arlington Eagles on Tuesday.
Last Friday, Gross Catholic lost to Bishop Neumann on the road by a 59-44 margin. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 53rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arlington). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Wisner-Pilger 88-40. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 54-25.
Gross Catholic better focus on containing Trent Koger and Oliver Ladehoff as the pair were huge in Arlington's win. Koger went 11 of 18 on his way to 29 points in addition to seven boards and four blocks, while Ladehoff went 10 for 14 on his way to 25 points along with eight assists and six boards. Those 29 points gave Koger a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Sharp, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and three steals.
Arlington was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Gross Catholic's loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Arlington, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
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