The North Central Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. North Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Elgin/Pope John will come in with three straight wins.
North Central saw some tournament action on Saturday. They took a 63-44 bruising from O'Neill.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Elgin/Pope John's strategy against Creighton on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Elgin/Pope John blew Creighton out of the water with a 56-28 final score. Given the Wolfpack's advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 213th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elgin/Pope John has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for North Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
North Central came up short against Elgin/Pope John when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 49-45. Can North Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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