The O'Neill Eagles will take on the Aurora Huskies at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as O'Neill comes in on five and Aurora on three.
O'Neill is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Ainsworth: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that O'Neill blew Ainsworth out of the water with a 58-31 final score. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 256th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/16/25 @ Ainsworth | 15 |
| 12/05/24 vs Valentine | 11 |
| 12/17/24 @ Pierce | 9 |
| 12/28/24 vs North Central | 9 |
| 11/30/23 @ Valentine | 8 |
Turner Heiss had an outrageously good game as he dropped a double-double on 23 points and 15 rebounds. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Mathews, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds.
O'Neill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 30 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Aurora won against Hastings on Tuesday with 53 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. Everything went Aurora's way against Milford as Aurora made off with a 53-32 win.
O'Neill's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points per game. As for Aurora, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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