Basketball Recap: Arlington Piles Up the Points Against Wisner-Pilger

Eagles

Team Score

01/04/25 @ Wisner-Pilger	88
12/14/24 vs Brownell Talbot	57
12/07/24 @ Lakeview	54
12/31/24 vs Holdrege	48
12/05/24 vs West Point-Beemer	46

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arlington). They couldn't have asked for a better start to 2025 than the 88-40 blowout they got against the Wisner-Pilger Gators. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 54-25.

Arlington was led to victory by Trent Koger and Oliver Ladehoff. Koger went 11 of 18 on his way to 29 points in addition to seven boards and four blocks, while Ladehoff went 10 for 14 on his way to 25 points in addition to eight assists and six boards. The dominant performance gave Koger a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Sharp, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and three steals.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Arlington was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Arlington's win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5. As for Wisner-Pilger, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6.

Arlington will venture away from home to take on Gross Catholic on Tuesday. Arlington has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Wisner-Pilger, they will welcome Tekamah-Herman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.