The Nebraska City Pioneers will venture away from home to take on the Plattsmouth Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Nebraska City sitting on three straight victories and Plattsmouth on seven.
Nebraska City will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Beatrice, who they had gone 0-8 against in their eight prior meetings. Nebraska City had just enough and edged Beatrice out 42-40.
Meanwhile, Plattsmouth hadn't done well against Ashland-Greenwood recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Plattsmouth blew past Ashland-Greenwood 55-31. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
Nebraska City better keep an eye on Averi Winters. She was instrumental in Plattsmouth's win, putting up 20 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals. Chloe Adkins was another key player, posting eight points along with ten boards and four steals.
Plattsmouth has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Nebraska City, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-9.
Nebraska City lost to Plattsmouth on the road by a decisive 50-32 margin when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Winters, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 steals. Now that Nebraska City 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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