Basketball Recap: Ness City Sets Scoring Season-High Against Wheatland-Grinnell

Eagles

Team Score

01/31/25 vs Wheatland-Grinnell	74
01/17/25 @ Chase	73
12/14/24 @ Trego	65
12/09/24 vs Osborne	63
01/24/25 vs Rawlins County	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ness City). They were the clear victor by a 74-48 margin over the Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks on Friday. That's more bragging rights for the Eagles, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Ness City's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cadyn Harley led the charge by going 5 of 9 on his way to 15 points. Another player making a difference was Dakoda McDonald, who went 7 for 13 en route to 16 points along with seven boards and three steals.

Ness City was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Riley Tuttle and Daniel Mason certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Tuttle posted 17 points and six rebounds, while Mason had 14 points and five boards. Auston Bland also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Ness City's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Wheatland-Grinnell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-8.

Ness City has already played their next game (against LaCrosse), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wheatland-Grinnell wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 54-45 win against Cheylin on the 4th.