Chieftains
| 02/07/25 vs Bryan | 101 |
| 01/28/25 vs Burke | 75 |
| 12/21/24 @ Lewis Central | 70 |
| 12/27/24 vs Omaha South | 64 |
| 01/23/25 vs Lincoln East | 60 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bellevue East). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 101-72 win over the Bryan Bears. The Chieftains pushed the score to 76-50 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears had little chance of recovering from.
Bellevue East's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but TayJon Morton-Swift led the charge by going 8 of 10 to rack up 19 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Morton-Swift a new career-high in points. Adrian Davis also deserves some recognition as he scored his first points of the season.
Bellevue East was working as a unit and finished the game with 29 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Defeat or not, Bryan got some senior leadership from Kaleb Kimble and Deon Darnell. Kimble went 8 for 12 on his way to 25 points, while Darnell went 8 of 14 en route to 23 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists. Thanks to that strong game, Darnell now owns an excellent 45.1% shooting accuracy. Keyon Williams was another key player, putting up ten points.
Bellevue East's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-11. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 36.2% in those games and 22% outside of them. As for Bryan, they are on a 20-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-19.
Bellevue East has already played their next game, an 86-31 loss against Papillion-LaVista South on the 8th. As for Bryan, they will host Millard West at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Millard West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.9 points per game this season.
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