The Hesston Swathers won the last time they faced the Nickerson Panthers, and things went their way on Tuesday too. Hesston blew past Nickerson 57-33. With that victory, Hesston brought their scoring average up to 53 points per game.
Hesston was led to victory by Adrian Hernandez and Reed Friesen. Hernandez scored 20 points, while Friesen scored 15 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Hernandez has scored at least 25% of Hesston's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Asher Deutschendorf, who scored 8 points.
Despite the loss, Nickerson still got an impressive performance from Garrett Crossman, who scored 14 points.
Nickerson struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only a offensive rebound. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Hesston pulled down eight.
The win makes it two in a row for Hesston and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Nickerson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Hesston will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Garden Plain at 7:30 p.m. As for Nickerson, they will square off against Rose Hill at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
