After flying high against Chase last Friday, Ness City came back down to earth. The Ness City Eagles fell to the Quinter Bulldogs 61-56. The Eagles lost against the Bulldogs in their previous head to head back in January of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 70-37 score last time.
| 01/21/25 @ Quinter | 14 |
| 01/14/25 vs Spearville | 11 |
| 12/09/23 vs Osborne | 9 |
| 01/19/24 vs Decatur Community | 9 |
| 01/23/24 vs Ellinwood | 9 |
Ness City's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Broxton Gall, who went 5 for 8 en route to 14 points along with seven assists and four steals. Those 14 points gave Gall a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Charles Parsons, who posted ten points in addition to five rebounds and three steals.
Shea S Salyers was his usual excellent self, going 8 of 13 on his way to 22 points and eight boards for Quinter. S Salyers has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Caedmon Bridges was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and ten boards.
Ness City now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Quinter, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-3.
Ness City will be taking part in a tournament against Rawlins County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Quinter, they will face off against Dighton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Dighton knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Quinter likes a good challenge.
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