The Mead Raiders will challenge the Elmwood-Murdock Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mead is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.3 points per game this season.
Mead is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Tekamah-Herman: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mead blew Tekamah-Herman out of the water with a 64-37 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Raiders had established a 26 point advantage.
| 01/30/25 @ Tekamah-Herman | 2 |
| 01/24/25 @ Lyons-Decatur Northeast | 4 |
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Isaac Couch continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 10 for 20 on his way to 27 points. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Brady Gartner, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elmwood-Murdock). They walked away with a 74-65 win over Palmyra on Thursday.
Elmwood-Murdock pushed their record up to 9-7 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Mead, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-6.
Mead came up short against Elmwood-Murdock when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 54-43. Can Mead avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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