The Waverly Vikings will square off against the Ashland-Greenwood Bluejays at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Waverly has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Ashland-Greenwood will arrive with four straight victories.
Waverly is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Crete by a score of 61-59 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Cardinals are ranked 36th).
| 01/03/25 vs Crete | 12 |
| 12/28/24 @ Gretna | 9 |
| 12/21/24 @ Norris | 1 |
| 12/20/24 @ Blair | 6 |
| 12/12/24 vs York | 11 |
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Isaac Clarke, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 8.2 boards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Schieffer, who posted 13 points and six rebounds.
Even though they lost, Waverly was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Ashland-Greenwood beat Auburn 51-42 on Thursday.
Ashland-Greenwood's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Waverly, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
