Area high school basketball scores for the week of January 27 – February 1.
Saturday, February 1
Papillion La Vista 58 North Platte 46
Wallace 68 Bertrand 59
Cozad 47 Gothenburg 37
Tanner Borchardt recored a double-double with 17 points and 19 rebounds for the Swedes but it wasn’t enough in the loss to Cozad.
Girls Basketball
Papillion La Vista 50 North Platte 47
The Lady Dawgs led through three quarters but couldn’t hold on in the fourth on the road.
Sidney 26 Hershey 16
Friday, January 31
Boys Basketball
No. 8 Lincoln Southeast 60 North Platte 49
The Dawgs fell at home to the eighth-ranked Knights of Southeast. Kade Erickson led North Platte with a game-high 17 points.
Gothenburg 40 Minden 37
Tanner Borchardt scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Swedes to the win.
RPAC Tournament
Hitchcock County 56 Wallace 36
Girls Basketball
Lincoln Southeast 54 North Platte 53
The Lady Dawgs lost a heart breaker at home to the Lady Knights. Brooke Lattimer banked in a three-pointer at the buzzer for the win for Southeast. Kaitlynn Harvey scored a game-high 26 points for North Platte in the loss. Madalynn Doughty was also in double-figures with 10 points for NP.
Maxwell 37 Perkins County 23
Sandhills/Thedford 59 No. 10 (D1) Brady 55
Madison Elliott led the Lady Eagles with 15 points and Josie Palmer was also in double-figures with 12 points in the loss.
Thursday, January 30
Boys Basketball
No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 61 Maxwell 23
The Irish improved to 16-1 on the season and 6-0 at home with the win.
Sutherland 57 Creek Valley 45
Girls Basketball
No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 50 Maxwell 18
The Lady Irish held the Lady Wildcats scoreless in the fourth quarter en route to the win.
Sutherland 65 Creek Valley 37
The Lady Sailors were led by Jalyne Schuster and Sam Staggs who each scored 16 points. Staggs recorded a double-double by getting 10 steals in the game as well. Morgan Simpson was also in double-figures for Sutherland with 10 points in the win.
No. 10 (D1) Brady 45 Mullen 42
The Lady Eagles were led by Valerie Most with 13 points and Tara Callahan recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Tuesday, January 28
Boys Basketball
No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 59 Anselmo-Merna 49
Lexington 39 Hershey 26
South Loup 64 Sutherland 49
Arthur County 62 Brady 58
RPAC Tournament
Wallace 56 Paxton 43
Girls Basketball
No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 66 Anselmo-Merna 20
No. 3 (C1) Hershey 47 Lexington 34
Suthlerland 52 South Loup 36
Morgan Simpson scored 17 points to lead three Lady Sailors in double-figures. Jalyne Schuster scored 15 and Sam Staggs added 12 in the win.
Broken Bow 40 Gothenburg 27
Emily Franzen and Regan Geiken each scored nine points in the loss for the Lady Swedes.
Monday, January 27
Boys Basketball
Gothenburg 44 Broken Bow 38
Tanner Borchardt recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Swedes to victory on Monday. Collin Hahn also scored in double-figures with 12 points for Gothenburg.
Girls Basketball
No. 10 (D1) Brady 57 Arthur County 39
RPAC Tournament
Wallace 50 Hitchcock County 42