The Boyd County Spartans and the O'Neill Eagles will round out the year against one another at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Boyd County will be strutting in after a win while O'Neill will be coming in after a defeat.
Boyd County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 64-36 victory over Osceola. The Spartans not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since February 25th (when they won 63-22).
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Boyd County's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Will Nelson, who went 6-for-9 en route to 13 points in addition to three steals and three blocks. Those three blocks gave Nelson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Issac Jensen, who shot 54% from the field on his way to 15 points and five rebounds.
Boyd County was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They racked up seven more assists than Osceola's also-impressive total of ten.
Meanwhile, O'Neill came up short against Wayne on Saturday and fell 47-38.
Boyd County will need to focus on slowing down Turner Heiss, one of several O'Neill players who made an impact when they last played. He went 8-for-17 to rack up 19 points and five boards. That was a full 50% of O'Neill's points, marking the third time in a row Heiss has posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryder Kelly, who put up 14 points.
The victory got Boyd County back to even at 3-3. As for O'Neill, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Boyd County has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 23 rebounds per game. However, it's not like O'Neill struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 27 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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