The Neligh-Oakdale Warriors's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their sixth straight loss. They had to suffer through a rough 65-38 loss at the hands of West Holt. Neligh-Oakdale was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-18.
Defeat or not, Neligh-Oakdale got some senior leadership from Chase Furstenau and Colson Krebs. Furstenau scored 24 points along with seven rebounds, while Krebs. scored 13 points. That was a full 63.2% of Neligh-Oakdale's points, marking the 12th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Neligh-Oakdale struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as West Holt pulled down 20 offensive rebounds.
It was another big night for Lincoln Konrad, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds for West Holt. Konrad hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for ten straight games. Another player making a difference was Zach Hooey, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Neligh-Oakdale dropped their record down to 1-13 with that loss, which was their 14th straight at home. As for West Holt, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-6.
The two teams will face off at 6:30 p.m. on January 27th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully West Holt focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday. They on the road again on Saturday and play against Neligh-Oakdale at 6:30 p.m. on January 27th. Hopefully Neligh-Oakdale focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Tuesday.
