Five-game win streak comes to an end, though Huskies still earn conference tourney top seed
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Aurora’s Carlos Collazo tries to go in for a layup during the second half against Seward but gets fouled. Despite the loss the Huskies have secured the top seed in this week’s Central Conference Tournament.
Sometimes the harder you try, the less things go your way.
Aurora’s boys basketball team went cold from the field Friday night at home against Seward, losing a hard-fought 47-34 decision to drop their record to 9-6 heading into this week’s conference tournament, the boys still securing the top overall seed.
On Thursday at Kearney Catholic, the boys lost 53-40.
Against Seward, points were hard to come by all night long, especially early for both teams as the ‘Jays took a 5-4 lead after the first eight minutes.
“On nights where we don’t get into an offensive rhythm we need to be able to generate offense by getting defensive stops and turnovers,” Coach Kevin Asher pointed out. “Our second half offense was much better, but our communication or lack of broke us down and allowed clean looks.”
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