The Bryan Bears will challenge the Lincoln East Spartans at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bryan will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Bryan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 82-62 to Omaha Northwest on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Bears have suffered against the Huskies since December 7, 2019.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Deon Darnell and DaWayne Kearney. Kearney had a solid game and posted 12 points and four steals. Meanwhile, Darnell did his best for the losing side, going 8 of 14 on his way to 19 points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, 2025 welcomed Lincoln East with a 73-51 loss courtesy of Lincoln Northeast on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Rockets are ranked 30th).
This is the second loss in a row for Lincoln East and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Bryan, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Bryan came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln East in their previous meeting back in March of 2018, sneaking past 50-48. Will Bryan repeat their success, or does Lincoln East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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