After flying high against Omaha South last Thursday, Norfolk came back down to earth. The Norfolk Panthers were beaten by the Omaha Westside Warriors 73-45 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 160th in Nebraska, while the Warriors are ranked 21st in Nebraska).
Bo Caskey
| 02/26/25 @ Omaha Westside | 30 |
| 02/15/25 @ Burke | 29 |
| 01/28/25 @ Lincoln Northeast | 23 |
| 01/25/25 vs Fremont | 23 |
| 01/22/25 @ Lincoln High | 20 |
Despite the loss, Norfolk still got an impressive performance from Bo Caskey, who went 12-for-18 to rack up 30 points and five rebounds. Those 30 points gave Caskey a new career-high.
Even though they lost, Norfolk smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 7.7 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 12.8.
Omaha Westside can attribute much of their success to Sanai Foster, who went 7-for-12 en route to 15 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was Jayah Freeman, who posted eight points.
Norfolk's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Omaha Westside, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
As of now, neither Norfolk nor Omaha Westside have any future games scheduled.
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