The Nebraska City Pioneers will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Arlington Eagles. Hopefully Nebraska City focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
Nebraska City pushed their score all the way to 57, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 73-57 bruising from Ralston. Nebraska City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Nebraska City saw an underclassman step up: Kaiden Klassen scored 22 points along with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. Mason VonFeldt was another key contributor, scoring 4 points along with 6 steals.
Even though Arlington has not done well against Yutan recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Arlington snuck past Yutan with a 49-43 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Arlington.
Trent Koger was the offensive standout of the matchup as he dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Arlington's points. Another player making a difference was Oliver Ladehoff, who scored 14 points.
Nebraska City's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Arlington, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Nebraska City didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Arlington in their previous meeting back in December of 2021, but they still walked away with a 36-32 victory. Does Nebraska City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Arlington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
