Lutheran-Northeast is 0-10 against Archangels Catholic since January of 2015 but things could change on Saturday. The Lutheran-Northeast Eagles will look to defend their home court against the Archangels Catholic Defenders at 4:00 p.m.
Lutheran-Northeast is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 13th straight game on Thursday. The game between them and Fullerton didn't end well, with Lutheran-Northeast falling 47-29.
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Lutheran-Northeast's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Emerson Rose-Hancock, who posted six points and three steals, and Lexie Dinkel, who scored eight points and three steals. Those three steals gave Rose-Hancock a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Mackenzie Mcdonald, who put up five points along with five boards and five steals.
Meanwhile, Archangels Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 63-33 victory over the Panthers. Given the Defenders' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Panthers are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Archangels Catholic's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 13-6. As for Lutheran-Northeast, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16.
Lutheran-Northeast took a serious blow against Archangels Catholic when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 57-21. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lutheran-Northeast was down 55-8.
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