The Oakland-Craig Knights will face off against the North Bend Central Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oakland-Craig is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.2 points per game this season.
Oakland-Craig's tournament run continued when they took on Clarkson/Leigh on Monday. Oakland-Craig was the clear victor by a 51-30 margin over Clarkson/Leigh. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Patriots are ranked 85th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Adi Rennerfeldt was her usual excellent self, going 7 of 12 en route to 20 points. Another player making a difference was Sonya Guzinski, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, North Bend Central had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They secured a 44-38 W over the Jaguars.
The win made it two in a row for Oakland-Craig and bumps their season record up to 17-2. As for North Bend Central, they are also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Oakland-Craig couldn't quite finish off North Bend Central in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 66-64. Can Oakland-Craig avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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