Gretna has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Kearney Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gretna knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 11 matches -- so hopefully Kearney likes a good challenge.
Gretna put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They really took it to Lincoln Northeast for the full four quarters, racking up a 67-34 win at home. Gretna pushed the score to 47-26 by the end of the third, a deficit Lincoln Northeast had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Kearney entered their tilt with Grand Island with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Kearney enjoyed a cozy 52-38 win over Grand Island on Saturday. Given Kearney's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Grand Island is ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kearney's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Asher Endorf led the charge by scoring 17 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Endorf has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Ian Piper, who went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 18 points and 0 assists.
Gretna is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Kearney, they pushed their record up to 17-6 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Gretna came up short against Kearney in their previous meeting back in February of 2020, falling 64-53. Can Gretna avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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