GBB: Ogallala defeats Alliance 67-24 in Girls' Varsity Basketball

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By: Evan Troxel

The Ogallala Lady Indians basketball team defeated the Alliance Lady Bulldogs 67-24 on Friday night, January 24th, 2025, at the Steve Morgan Court in the Prairie View Gymnasium in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Ogallala never trailed throughout the entire game.

Alliance's Macey Seebohm led the scoring for the Bulldogs with 10 points while Ogallala's Hayden Shaw led with 13 points for the Indians.

Seebohm made two three-pointers and four free throws.

Shaw made three threes, two free throws and a two-point bucket. If I am not mistaken, Shaw has scored at least 7 points in each of her last six games.

Alliance's Kiki Adams scored four points with two free throws and a two-point make.

Shyla Salcido and Miah Marsteller each made three-pointers.

Brooke Bailey made a two-point shot and Paz Cody made two-fee throws.

For Ogallala, Shaydyn Rasby scored 12 points and Aniston O'Neil scored 11.

Shaydyn made five two-point shots and two free throws. Saydyn has scored at least 7 points in each of her last six games and has been in double figures for five of the last six games!

O'Neil made two threes, two twos and a free throw. O'Neil has scored in her last six games at least!

Addison Slama scored nine points, including a three-point make, two two-pointers and two free throws. Slama has scored in each of the last six games and her nine points on Friday night is the most she has scored in the last six games!

Laney Caskey scored eight points and made four two-pointers. Caskey has scored at least eight points in her last six games!

Tenlie Flansburg made a three-pointer and a two-point shot.

Sadie Flansburg scored four points, made two free throws and made a two-point bucket.

Story Rasby made a two-point layup on her birthday! Happy Birthday Story!

Molly Armijo made a two-point shot as well!

Addison Powell scored one point.

The Indians led by at least 16-0 or 17-0 before Alliance finally scored near the end of the first quarter from two Macey Seebohm free throws.

Ogallala led 19 to 2 after the first quarter.

The Indians then led 40-15 at halftime.

Ogallala then nearly shut out Alliance in the third quarter, but a free throw make at the very very end of the third quarter after the third quarter clock had technically expired from Kiki Adams made the score 57 to 16 after three quarters.

The Indians then played their backup players for pretty much the entire fourth quarter as the 40-point running clock rule was in effect and Ogallala won 67 to 24.

Alliance is now 1-14 on the season while Ogallala is now 11-4.

According to the Nebraska School Activities Association on the nsaahome.org website, Alliance is now tied and ranked 30th in Class B, while Ogallala is ranked 15th in Class C-1.

Alliance hosts the Hill City (SD) Rangers today (Saturday), while Ogallala hosts the Grand Island Northwest Vikings today on Saturday, January 25th, 2025!

The last time I checked, the Grand Island Northwest at Ogallala Girls' Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball games will still be played today! The Junior Varsity game starts at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Mountain Time, while the Varsity game will start at approximately 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time and/or 20 minutes after the Junior Varsity game concludes.

Grand Island Northwest is 10-4 on the season and ranked 9th in Class B currently according to the NSAA.

Holdrege will be coming to Ogallala for the first round of the Southwest Conference Tournament next Tuesday, January 28th. Holdrege is the #5 seed while Ogallala is the #4 seed.

The winner of Holdrege and Ogallala will play the winner of #8 Cozad and #1 Minden on Friday, January 31st, 2025, in Kearney.

Ogallala also defeated Alliance 47-20 in the Girls' Junior Varsity game on Friday afternoon.