The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs will be playing at home against the Benson Bunnies at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Papillion-LaVista focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Papillion-LaVista came up short against Gretna East and fell 51-44.
Despite the loss, Papillion-LaVista had strong showings from Rease Murtaugh, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds, and Taliyah Jackson, who scored nine points. Murtaugh has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played.
Papillion-LaVista struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Benson gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Omaha South 68-32 at home. Given Benson's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Omaha South is ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Papillion-LaVista dropped their record down to 13-9 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Benson, their victory bumped their record up to 12-8.
Papillion-LaVista couldn't quite finish off Benson in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 59-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Benson's Jesani Green, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds. Now that Papillion-LaVista knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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