The Silver Lake Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Nemaha Central Thunder on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Wednesday, everything went Silver Lake's way against Holton as Silver Lake made off with a 50-27 win. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Wildcats are ranked 113th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Nemaha Central waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Red Hawks 55-31.
Nemaha Central pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.0 points per game. As for Silver Lake, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.
Silver Lake didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Nemaha Central in their previous meeting back in March of 2022, but they still walked away with a 59-54 victory. Does Silver Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nemaha Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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