The Howells-Dodge Jaguars will challenge the Oakland-Craig Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Howells-Dodge comes in on three and Oakland-Craig on seven.
Howells-Dodge will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 42-point drubbing they dealt Clarkson/Leigh on Saturday. Howells-Dodge blew past Clarkson/Leigh 72-30. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 29 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Oakland-Craig on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 58-38 margin over Madison. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Dragons are ranked 224th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oakland-Craig is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Howells-Dodge, their victory bumped their record up to 14-4.
Howells-Dodge came up short against Oakland-Craig when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 50-46. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oakland-Craig's Braylon Anderson, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 14 boards. Now that Howells-Dodge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
