The Nebraska-Kearney Lopers’ offense was too much for the Lincoln Blue Tigers to handle Saturday at Jason Gym.
The Lopers scored at least 18 points in every quarter and never trailed, running away with an 84-66 victory against the Blue Tigers in MIAA play.
The Lincoln Blue Tiger women’s basketball teams feels it had a strong base to build off of with their six returning players from last year’s roster. And the Blue Tigers went out and added three transfers and six freshmen to help complete the puzzle. Now all that’s left is to see how the pieces fit together. Lincoln will get its first opportunity to see how the pieces fit when it opens the season at 7 p.m. today against Arkansas-Monticello in the Central Region Challenge in Mongolia, Ark.
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons earned the No. 1 seed in the Class 4 District 10 Tournament by virtue of defeating each of the other five teams in the district during the regular season. But when the Lady Falcons lost their starting point guard to a season-ending knee injury in the regular-season finale, they went from being the favorites to facing a steep uphill climb to begin their postseason.
It was a regular-season finale that felt more like a district championship game. With nothing but bragging rights on the line Thursday night, the California Lady Pintos led for much of the game but the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons were always on their heels. Lauren Friedrich scored 10 of her team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter Thursday night, leading the Class 4 No. 5 California Lady Pintos to a 47-41 victory against the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons in both teams’ regular-season finales at Blair Oaks High School.
It was a little good news, a little bad news. The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons jumped out to an 8-0 lead Monday night against the Hallsville Lady Indians in Tri-County Conference play. But less than three minutes later, a pair of inside players for the Lady Falcons were both on the bench with two fouls each.