Basketball Recap: Lutheran-Northeast Comes Up Short

If Lutheran-Northeast was riding high fresh off their 77-14 takedown of Neligh-Oakdale last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lutheran-Northeast Eagles fell 50-40 to the Norfolk Catholic Knights on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost eight in a row.

When it comes to explaining why Lutheran-Northeast lost, don't look at Ian McDoanld. Despite the final result, he went 8 of 12 en route to 16 points. The dominant performance gave McDoanld a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was D'Artagnan Taylor, who posted eight points and eight rebounds.

Norfolk Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Max Hammond, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 16 points and four steals. The game was Hammond's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Gavin Schutt was another key player, putting up 12 points.

Lutheran-Northeast's loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Norfolk Catholic, they pushed their record up to 11-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Lutheran-Northeast will take on Laurel-Concord-Coleridge at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50 points per game this season. As for Norfolk Catholic, they will square off against O'Neill at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Norfolk Catholic also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 58.1 points per game.