North Platte was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by the Sidney Red Raiders 68-32. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 39th).
| 01/30/25 vs Sidney | 9 |
| 12/14/24 vs Grand Island | 8 |
| 01/21/25 @ Northwest | 7 |
| 12/28/24 @ Beatrice | 7 |
| 01/17/25 @ Lexington | 7 |
Despite the loss, North Platte still got an impressive performance from Easton Jones, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds. That's the most boards Jones has posted since back in December of 2024. Reid O?Brien also deserves some recognition as he scored his first point of the season.
North Platte's defeat dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Sidney, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-4.
North Platte and Mitchell will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Sidney has already played their next match (against Gering), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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