If Lawrence-Nelson was riding high fresh off their 41-16 takedown of Harvard last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lawrence-Nelson Raiders came up short against the Silver Lake Mustangs on Tuesday, falling 48-25. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 72nd).
Despite the loss, Lawrence-Nelson still got an impressive performance from Kara Menke, who posted ten points and five boards. That was a full 40% of Lawrence-Nelson's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points.
Silver Lake's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sophie Schmidt, who had 16 points and five steals. Schmidt is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Schmidt, who earned eight points and six steals.
Lawrence-Nelson has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season. As for Silver Lake, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-2.
Lawrence-Nelson has already played their next contest (against Harvard), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Silver Lake has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Blue Hill.
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