Lincoln East is on a three-game streak of home losses, Burke a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Lincoln East Spartans will take on the Burke Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Lincoln East pushed their score all the way to 58 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The game between them and Gretna wasn't particularly close, with Lincoln East falling 75-58. While losing is never fun, Lincoln East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while Gretna is ranked tenth).
Defeat or not, Lincoln East got some senior leadership from Quin Weatherholt and Carter Mick. Weatherholt scored 17 points along with five rebounds, while Mick. scored 16 points. Connor Johnson was another key contributor, scoring eight points.
Meanwhile, Burke suffered a rough 61-41 defeat at the hands of Westview on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Burke has lost by exactly 20 points.
Lincoln East has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season. As for Burke, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.
Lincoln East beat Burke 63-54 in their previous matchup back in February of 2019. Does Lincoln East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Burke turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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