Basketball Recap: Make It 14 in a Row for Waterloo

Bulldogs

Previous Games

12/29/24 vs Columbia	52-37
12/28/24 vs Freeburg	64-47
12/28/24 vs Marquette Catholic	45-35
12/27/24 vs Nelson County	66-53
12/23/24 @ Jersey	57-41
+ 9 more games

Waterloo extended their winning streak to 14 games thanks to a huge performance from Alex Stell. The Waterloo Bulldogs strolled past the Columbia Eagles with points to spare on Sunday, taking the game 52-37 thanks in part to Stell, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Waterloo's points.

Another player making a difference was Owen Niebruegge, who posted eight points. Those eight points gave him a new career-high.

Despite the loss, Columbia still got an impressive performance from Eddie Smajic, who put up 11 points.

Waterloo's win bumped their record up to 14-2. As for Columbia, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-3.

Waterloo will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Highland at 7:30 p.m. on January 9th. Highland is on a four-game streak of home wins, Waterloo a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. Columbia has already played their next matchup, a 76-35 loss against Principia on the 4th.