Basketball Recap: Chase County Skates Past Dundy County-Stratton with Ease

Longhorns

Team Score

01/07/25 vs Dundy County-Stratton	70
12/19/24 @ Wray	64
12/28/24 vs Lexington	58
12/27/24 vs Fillmore Central	52
12/06/24 @ McCook	44

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chase County). They blew past the Dundy County-Stratton Tigers 70-39 on Tuesday. With that win, the Longhorns brought their scoring average up to 51.4 points per game.

Camron Lempke was nothing short of spectacular: he went 10 for 19 on his way to 24 points and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Rau, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.

Chase County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in five consecutive matches.

Dundy County-Stratton lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Lane Bybee, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine boards. Bybee is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Latta, who posted 12 points and five rebounds.

Chase County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Dundy County-Stratton, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Chase County will face off against Bridgeport at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Bridgeport is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season. As for Dundy County-Stratton, they will head out to take on Hitchcock County on Tuesday.