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| 02/07/25 - Home | 57-39 W |
| 02/02/24 - Away | 47-34 W |
| 12/29/23 - Away | 46-32 W |
| 02/03/23 - Home | 54-17 W |
| 12/29/22 - Away | 43-33 W |
A well-balanced attack led High Plains over East Butler in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. The High Plains Storm strolled past the East Butler Tigers with points to spare, taking the game 57-39. The victory continues a trend for the Storm in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won five in a row.
High Plains got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Gahvrielle Lesiak out in front who posted 11 points in addition to six rebounds and six steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Brown, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 boards.
High Plains was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists.they racked up six more assists than East Butler's almost as impressive total of ten
East Butler lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Lillie Kriz, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 15 rebounds. Kriz has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last four times she's played. Morgan Havlovic was another key player, putting up eight points and nine boards.
High Plains' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-6. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 36.7% in those games and 19.6% outside of them. As for East Butler, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-12.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Cross County the next time they take the court. High Plains will head out to face Cross County at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, while East Butler will head out to face them at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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