The West Holt Huskies will head out to take on the O'Neill Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with West Holt sitting on five straight wins and O'Neill on six.
West Holt is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 74-26 victory over Neligh-Oakdale. With the Huskies ahead 40-12 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, O'Neill beat Norfolk Catholic 45-35 on Tuesday.
West Holt better focus on containing Mady Heiss and Taylor Young as the pair were huge in O'Neill's win. Heiss went 5 of 6 on her way to 13 points and three steals, while Young went 5 for 6 en route to 12 points and three steals. Those 13 points gave Heiss a new career-high.
West Holt is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.2 points per game. As for O'Neill, they pushed their record up to 11-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
West Holt strolled past O'Neill when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a score of 49-33. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Holt since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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