The Omaha Central Eagles will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Omaha Westside Warriors at 7:15 p.m. Hopefully Omaha Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Omaha Central faced Omaha North in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Omaha Central fell to Omaha North 56-52. Omaha Central has been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Loss or not, Omaha Central got some senior leadership from Daleron Thomas and Devin Holmon. Thomas scored 18 points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Holmon. almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds. Thomas hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. Another player making a difference was DaShawn Prince, who scored six points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Omaha Central smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Omaha North only pulled down eight offensive rebounds.
Meanwhile, Omaha Westside put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Omaha North 85-61. The victory was familiar territory for Omaha Westside who now have four in a row.
Omaha Westside had a senior duo take command as Cj Mitchell scored 24 points along with five assists and two steals and Kevin Stubblefield dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. It was the first time this season that Stubblefield pulled down eight or more rebounds. Rickey Loftin was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with two steals.
Omaha Central has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-6 record this season. As for Omaha Westside, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Omaha Central hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.1 points per game. However, it's not like Omaha Westside struggles in that department as they've been averaging 70.5 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Omaha Central came up short against Omaha Westside in their previous matchup back in February of 2022, falling 73-69. Will Omaha Central have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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