Omaha North lost against Bellevue East back in February of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Omaha North Vikings took a hard 71-57 fall against the Bellevue East Chieftains. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Chieftains are ranked 16th).
Despite the loss, Omaha North still got an impressive performance from Akazja Foster, who went 11 of 20 on her way to 24 points and six steals. Foster is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for five straight games. Another player making a difference was Ayanna Hill, who went 7 for 12 en route to 20 points.
Vikings
| 02/01/25 vs Bellevue East | 57-71 |
| 01/31/25 @ Papillion-LaVista South | 54-56 |
Even though they lost, Omaha North smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Bellevue East found their leader in sophomore Tniyah Wilson-Smith, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 18 boards. The dominant performance also gave Wilson-Smith a new career-high in blocks (five). Mya Weber was another key player, going 6 of 11 on her way to 13 points and five rebounds.
Omaha North's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-10. As for Bellevue East, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 14-3.
Omaha North will challenge Columbus at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Omaha North is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.5 points per game this season. As for Bellevue East, they will take on Pius X at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Bellevue East also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 62.9 points per game.
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