Columbus is on a six-game streak of home losses, and Bryan an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Columbus Discoverers just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Bryan Bears at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Columbus will face Bryan after dropping another heartbreaker against Grand Island on Thursday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Columbus took a 54-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Grand Island.
Meanwhile, Bryan lost to Creighton Prep at home by a 80-61 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Junior Jays are ranked 22nd).
Columbus will have to contain Kaleb Kimble as he made an impact in Bryan's last game. He went 6-for-13 en route to 16 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Kimble a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Keyon Williams, who went 5-for-12 to rack up 13 points.
Bryan's loss dropped their record down to 0-22. As for Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-17.
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