The St. Mary's Cardinals will play host again and welcome the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs, where tip off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary's will be strutting in after a win while Sumner-Eddyville-Miller will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Mary's stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past North Central 62-38. Given St. Mary's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 36th, while North Central is ranked 136th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's had a senior duo take command as Mya Hedstrom dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds and Lorissa Reiman dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds. Hedstrom is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Gracie Williamson, who scored five points along with six rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, things could have been worse for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 70-54 loss to Amherst on Thursday. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller was down 55-33 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the defeat, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller saw an underclassman step up: Jaycelyn Hoos shot 8-for-10 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hoos has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Taryn Arbuthnot, who scored 18 points along with eight rebounds and four steals.
St. Mary's is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-2 record this season. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, their defeat ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-4.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: St. Mary's have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 34.1 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Sumner-Eddyville-Miller struggles in that department as they've been averaging 36.6 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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