The Gretna East Griffins will square off against the Hastings Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gretna East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.9 points per game this season.
Gretna East's tournament run continued when they took on Bennington on Monday. Gretna East walked away with a 61-50 victory over Bennington.
| 12/30/24 vs Bennington | 22 |
| 12/28/24 @ Elkhorn North | 23 |
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Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Gretna East to victory, but perhaps none more so than Drayke Brown, who went 7 for 10 on his way to 22 points in addition to five assists and five boards. The contest was Brown's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Talan Hovie, who went 7 of 10 on his way to 20 points.
Brown wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Gretna East was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bennington only racked up six assists.
Meanwhile, Hastings was able to grind out a solid win over Blair on Thursday, taking the game 58-49.
Gretna East is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Hastings, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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