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North Central Ainsworth

Knights

Bulldogs

The Ainsworth (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against North Central (Bassett, NE) in overtime by a score of 50-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
North Central	12	9	12	9	8	50
Ainsworth	10	5	20	7	6	48

Final score provided by J. Nelson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Central (24-25)

North Central has not entered stats for this game.

Ainsworth (24-25)

Ainsworth

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	18	63	29	33
1	Morgan Kinney	7	3	11	27	27
4	Chris Fernandez (Jr)	10	3	11	27	27
5	O. Blumenstock (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Logan Schroedl (Sr)	21	8	22	36	45
14	Ryan Salzman (Sr)	2	1	7	14	14
15	Jacob Ortner (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Witten Painter (Jr)	6	2	9	22	33

Ainsworth

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	6	25	24	6	13	46	12	38	32
1	Morgan Kinney	7	0	3	0	1	1	100	3	8	38
4	Chris Fernandez (Jr)	10	0	2	0	4	8	50	3	9	33
5	O. Blumenstock (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Logan Schroedl (Sr)	21	4	12	33	1	2	50	4	10	40
14	Ryan Salzman (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
15	Jacob Ortner (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
22	Witten Painter (Jr)	6	2	6	33	0	0	0	0	3	0

Ainsworth

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	13	22	35	10	15	16	10
1	Morgan Kinney	7	4	5	9	4	6	3	0
4	Chris Fernandez (Jr)	10	3	3	6	3	5	6	2
5	O. Blumenstock (Sr)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	Logan Schroedl (Sr)	21	1	7	8	0	2	6	1
14	Ryan Salzman (Sr)	2	0	2	2	3	2	1	2
15	Jacob Ortner (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Jaxon Rucker (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	Witten Painter (Jr)	6	3	4	7	0	0	0	5

Ainsworth

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	0.94	1.50	3	20
1	Morgan Kinney	1.33	2.00	6.00	0	6
4	Chris Fernandez (Jr)	0.50	0.83	2.50	0	6
12	Logan Schroedl (Sr)	0.00	0.33	2.00	2	2
14	Ryan Salzman (Sr)	3.00	2.00	1.00	1	4
15	Jacob Ortner (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
21	Jaxon Rucker (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - North Central sneaks past Ainsworth

January 23, 2025: Ainsworth, NE 69210

The North Central Knights (Bassett, NE) basketball edged the host Ainsworth Bulldogs (Ainsworth, NE), 50-48 in Thursday's league bout.

The Knights now possess a 4-10 record. They play next when they host Anselmo-Merna for a non-league bout on Friday, January 24. North Central will play a Coyotes team coming off a 51-46 non-league win over Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (Sumner, NE). The Coyotes record now stands at 6-8.

With the loss, Ainsworth falls to 2-10 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) to play the Cougars in a D1 District 8 bout on Thursday, January 30. The Cougars go into the bout with a record of 0-13.

North Central @ Ainsworth Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Ainsworth (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against North Central (Bassett, NE) in overtime by a score of 50-48.

Rankings & Records

North Central (24-25)

NE	Class
220	37

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-15	2-1	2-5	5-7	2-3	.375	.667	1,130	1,361

Ainsworth (24-25)

NE	Class
245	42

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-13	1-2	1-9	3-3	1-1	.278	.333	845	1,044

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
North Central	12.2	11.5	12.6	10.6	10.0	47.1
Ainsworth	10.2	11.5	12.4	12.6	6.7	46.9

Head-to-Head

North Central won on 1/23/2025

1/23 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

North Central 12 9 12 9 8 50
Ainsworth 10 5 20 7 6 48

The North Central (Bassett, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Ainsworth (NE) in overtime by a score of 50-48.
Box score
North Central won on 2/25/2025

2/25 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Ainsworth 9 10 20 12 8 59
North Central 12 11 11 17 12 63

The Ainsworth (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral conference tournament game against North Central (Bassett, NE) in overtime by a score of 63-59.
Box score

2/25	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Ainsworth	9	10	20	12	8	59
North Central	12	11	11	17	12	63

Team Stat Comparison

North Central		Ainsworth
-	Points Per Game	46.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.1
-	Assists Per Game	9.8
-	Steals Per Game	11.0
-	Blocks Per Game	0.8

Team Leaders

North Central		Ainsworth	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Logan Schroedl13.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Logan Schroedl5.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Morgan Kinney2.6	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Morgan Kinney3.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Logan Schroedl0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Central	4-7		Ainsworth	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Boyd County	North Central	(L) 64-46	1/14/25	Ainsworth	Boyd County	(L) 65-53
2/27/25	North Central	Boyd County	(L) 41-38
12/14/24	North Central	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 52-47	2/7/25	Sandhills/Thedford	Ainsworth	(W) 60-45
12/20/24	St. Mary's	North Central	(L) 71-38	1/10/25	St. Mary's	Ainsworth	(L) 75-40
2/1/25	St. Mary's	North Central	(L) 72-30
12/28/24	North Central	O'Neill	(L) 63-44	1/16/25	O'Neill	Ainsworth	(L) 58-33
1/21/25	North Central	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 47-24	1/30/25	Ainsworth	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 57-46
2/6/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	North Central	(W) 70-52
1/24/25	Anselmo-Merna	North Central	(W) 52-49	12/13/24	Anselmo-Merna	Ainsworth	(L) 53-39
2/13/25	North Central	Valentine	(L) 74-30	12/17/24	Ainsworth	Valentine	(L) 70-28
2/21/25	Stuart	North Central	(L) 64-31	2/11/25	Stuart	Ainsworth	(L) 76-49

Record Breakdown

North Central (24-25)		Ainsworth (24-25)
9-15	Overall	5-13
3-2	League	1-3
5-10	Non-League	3-9
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-7	Common Opponent	2-6
2-5	Home	1-9
5-7	Away	3-3
2-3	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-14	In-State	5-13
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0