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Oakland-Craig Ainsworth

Knights

Cavaliers

The Ainsworth (NE) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral conference tournament game against Oakland-Craig (Oakland, NE) by a score of 43-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Oakland-Craig	11	4	9	16	40
Ainsworth	11	11	14	7	43

Final score provided by J. Nelson.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ainsworth (25-26)

Oakland-Craig

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	13	45	29	37
3	Tucker Wood (So)	15	6	12	50	58
20	Jaidan Toliver (So)	5	0	2	0	0
21	Preston Rost (Sr)	9	3	15	20	30
24	R. Etherington (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Tate Penke (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
40	Javar Larson (Sr)	9	3	14	21	29

Ainsworth

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	15	53	28	32
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	13	6	17	35	38
3	Zaine Evans (So)	5	1	7	14	14
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	6	2	5	40	40
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	4	1	6	17	17
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	15	5	15	33	43
24	Bear Rea (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Oakland-Craig

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	7	28	25	7	12	58	6	17	35
3	Tucker Wood (So)	15	2	4	50	1	2	50	4	8	50
20	Jaidan Toliver (So)	5	0	2	0	5	7	71	0	0	0
21	Preston Rost (Sr)	9	3	11	27	0	2	0	0	4	0
24	R. Etherington (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Tate Penke (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
40	Javar Larson (Sr)	9	2	10	20	1	1	100	1	4	25

Ainsworth

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	4	21	19	9	21	43	11	32	34
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	13	1	4	25	0	1	0	5	13	38
3	Zaine Evans (So)	5	0	3	0	3	8	38	1	4	25
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	6	0	0	0	2	6	33	2	5	40
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	15	3	9	33	2	4	50	2	6	33
24	Bear Rea (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland-Craig

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	10	25	35	10	4	3	20	18
3	Tucker Wood (So)	15	1	3	4	5	1	0	7	1
20	Jaidan Toliver (So)	5	3	2	5	0	1	0	5	2
21	Preston Rost (Sr)	9	1	5	6	3	0	0	6	4
23	Winston Wilkey (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
24	R. Etherington (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
25	Riley Hineline (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
32	Tate Penke (Jr)	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	4
40	Javar Larson (Sr)	9	3	10	13	1	2	3	2	2

Ainsworth

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	13	19	32	6	11	9	14
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	13	5	1	6	2	1	3	3
3	Zaine Evans (So)	5	1	3	4	1	2	2	3
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	6	3	2	5	0	1	1	1
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	4	1	7	8	1	2	2	4
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	15	2	3	5	1	3	1	2
23	Kyle Fernandez (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	Bear Rea (So)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0

Oakland-Craig

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.20	0.22	0.17	6
3	Tucker Wood (So)	0.71	0.14	1.00	0.00	0
20	Jaidan Toliver (So)	0.00	0.20	0.50	0.00	2
21	Preston Rost (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	Riley Hineline (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
32	Tate Penke (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
40	Javar Larson (Sr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.50	2

Ainsworth

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	1.22	0.79	2	10
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0	1
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0	4
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	1
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	0.50	1.00	0.50	0	1
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	1.00	3.00	1.50	2	0
24	Bear Rea (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0	1

Oakland-Craig's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Ainsworth's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Ainsworth nips Oakland-Craig

February 23, 2026: Oakland, NE 68045

The crowd at Monday's non-league match between the Ainsworth Bulldogs (Ainsworth, NE) and the host Oakland-Craig Knights (Oakland, NE), witnessed Ainsworth's basketball squad hold off Oakland-Craig by a count of 43-40.

With the victory, Ainsworth advances its record to 5-18 on the year. The Bulldogs travel to Pender (Pender, NE) to face the Pendragons in a non-league match on Tuesday, February 24. The Pendragons enter the match with a record of 19-5. Pender won 60-55 in their recent non-league match against Elkhorn Valley (Tilden, NE)

The Knights now own a 3-19 record.

Oakland-Craig vs Ainsworth Basketball Game Info

Mon., Feb. 23, 2026 @ 6p

The Ainsworth (NE) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral conference tournament game against Oakland-Craig (Oakland, NE) by a score of 43-40.

Rankings & Records

Oakland-Craig (25-26)

NE	Class
242	47

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-19	0-2	1-7	2-8	0-4	.136	.000	787	1,414

Ainsworth (25-26)

NE	Class
247	49

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-19	1-0	3-6	0-12	2-1	.208	1.000	1,022	1,402

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Oakland-Craig	10.2	7.5	10.4	7.7	35.8
Ainsworth	8.9	10.4	11.5	12.3	42.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Oakland-Craig		Ainsworth
35.7	Points Per Game	42.6
25.7	Rebounds Per Game	29.5
7.2	Assists Per Game	10.3
5.4	Steals Per Game	9.6
1.9	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Oakland-Craig		Ainsworth	National Avg.
#21 Preston Rost12.8	Points Per Game	#1 Chris Fernandez11.6	4.8
#40 Javar Larson5.8	Rebounds Per Game	#21 Jaxon Rucker7.7	2.5
#3 Tucker Wood2.6	Assists Per Game	#1 Chris Fernandez3.3	1.0
#40 Javar Larson1.2	Steals Per Game	#1 Chris Fernandez2.2	0.8
#23 Winston Wilkey0.5	Blocks Per Game	#15 Jacob Ortner0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Oakland-Craig	0-1		Ainsworth	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/25	Pender	Oakland-Craig	(L) 64-30		2/24/26	Ainsworth	Pender	(L) 53-39

Record Breakdown

Oakland-Craig (25-26)		Ainsworth (25-26)
3-19	Overall	5-19
0-3	League	2-1
3-12	Non-League	2-14
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
1-7	Home	3-6
2-8	Away	0-12
0-4	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-19	In-State	5-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0