The Louisville Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Malcolm Clippers on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Louisville will head out to face Malcolm after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Louisville took a 32-26 hit to the loss column at the hands of Nebraska City.
Meanwhile, Malcolm unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell to Oakland-Craig 62-56. While losing is never fun, the Clippers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Knights are ranked eighth).
Louisville will have to contain Payton Dolliver as she made an impact in Malcolm's last game. She dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds. Dolliver is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Merryl Paul was another key player, putting up nine points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Malcolm's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Louisville, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-4.
Louisville was taken down by Malcolm 57-9 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Malcolm's Halle Dolliver, who went 10 of 17 on her way to 24 points in addition to seven boards and five steals. Now that Louisville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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