The Concordia Mustangs will challenge the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. Concordia is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Concordia is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They snuck past Sidney with a 49-45 victory.
Meanwhile, Doniphan-Trumbull won against Holdrege two weeks ago with 57 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Doniphan-Trumbull walked away with a 57-45 win over Ogallala. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Cardinals' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Indians are ranked fourth).
Concordia better focus on containing Parker Volk and Jack Poppe as the pair were huge in Doniphan-Trumbull's win. Volk shot 4-for-7 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double with 20 points and nine boards, while Poppe went 7-for-16 to rack up 23 points in addition to five assists and five rebounds. Poppe's big performance that afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points. Another player making a difference was Ty Bennett, who posted ten points.
Doniphan-Trumbull was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. They are 18-4 when they've passed the ball that well.
Doniphan-Trumbull has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. Concordia's record now sits at 22-4.
Concordia was able to grind out a solid win over Doniphan-Trumbull when the teams last played back in January, winning 51-38. Does Concordia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Doniphan-Trumbull turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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