The Tri County Trojans will take on the Exeter-Milligan/Friend Bobcats on Tuesday. Tri County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.
Tri County's tournament run continued when they took on Deshler on Monday. Tri County fell to Deshler 55-50.
Tri County might have lost, but man, Drew Siems was a machine: he went 9 of 19 on his way to 24 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. That was a full 48% of Tri County's points, marking the eighth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zac Strein, who had four points and three steals.
Meanwhile, Exeter-Milligan/Friend put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 62-55 victory over Lourdes Central Catholic. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Knights are ranked 194th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Exeter-Milligan/Friend pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Tri County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Tri County strolled past Exeter-Milligan/Friend when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a score of 43-24. Will Tri County repeat their success, or does Exeter-Milligan/Friend have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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