OMAHA – Despite a short lead held by Benson, the Kearney boys basketball team crushed the Bunnies in Omaha late Saturday afternoon, putting another offensive performance in the record books. Click here to listen to the broadcast replay.
Kearney entered as winners of their Friday night matchup in Lincoln against North Star, The Bearcats were not looking to fall short in the metro on a back-to-back road day, and aimed to take down the 5-9 Bunnies inside the Benson Garden.
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The Bearcats opened the contest with short strikes from Jack Dahlgren, Colt Straka, and Treyven Beckman but opened up scoring with three pointers by Ben Johnson and Beckman. Despite the early hot-start, Benson would not go away easily as sophomore Brandon Jarmon had a career day starting early with seven fast first quarter points. Three other Benson scorers contributed points, but the Bunnies trailed 20-19 entering the second after Johnson hit a buzzer-beater three to conclude the first.
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Kearney found more of a defensive game in the second, as their offense slowly fizzled but did keep Jarmon in check as he added seven more points. The Bearcats scoring run late in the second quarter gave Kearney a halftime lead up 42-30.
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As the Bearcats aimed to start hot out of halftime, Kearney could not anticipate another scoring explosion putting up 29 points in the third period. Triples rained from three different Bearcats, while Ben Johnson looked near impossible to defend. Benson kept pace, but ultimately was blown out in the final two quarters as Kearney improved to 13-4 with a 93-64 victory.
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The 93 points scored ended as the 10th most points scored in Bearcat basketball history.
Kearney improves to 13-4 on the season and faces Lincoln Pius X on Tuesday at Kearney High School. The Bearcats had contributions from Johnson with 22 points, Dahlgren had 19, Asher Endorf ended with 14, Beckman wrapped with 11, Straka finished with 10, Jacob Hansen had 6, Jake Kracl had 3, Ian Piper had 3, Karter Lee ended with 3, and Justin Murray finished with 2.
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