The Kearney Bearcats and the Lincoln Northeast Rockets will round out the year against one another at at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Kearney has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Saturday, the stars were shining brightly for Kearney in a 56-40 win over Scottsbluff. Given Kearney's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st, while Scottsbluff is ranked 129th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln Northeast). They walked away with a 56-47 victory over Benson on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rockets considering their 24-point performance the match before.
Lincoln Northeast's win came from a few key players Kearney will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Nahla Sand, who went 8 of 16 on her way to 19 points in addition to eight assists and six rebounds. Those eight assists gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayda Murrell, who posted 14 points and five steals.
Lincoln Northeast smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
The win got Lincoln Northeast back to even at 2-2. As for Kearney, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Kearney suffered a grim 76-54 defeat to Lincoln Northeast in their previous matchup back in February. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Kearney was down 39-17.
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