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Ainsworth Pender

Cavaliers

Pendragons

The Pender (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference tournament game against Ainsworth (NE) by a score of 53-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ainsworth	5	13	11	10	39
Pender	12	15	15	11	53

Final score provided by J. Nelson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ainsworth (25-26)

Pender (25-26)

Ainsworth

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	14	42	33	40
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	12	4	10	40	40
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0	0	5	0	0
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	3	1	2	50	50
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	5	2	6	33	42
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	13	5	15	33	43
24	Bear Rea (So)	6	2	4	50	75

Pender

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	21	56	38	39
1	Trevor Trimble (Sr)	17	6	15	40	47
3	Reece Heineman (Sr)	4	1	6	17	17
4	Lane Kelly (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	Grant Geisert (So)	3	1	1	100	100
22	Jake Schuster (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
24	Carter Hansen (Sr)	6	3	5	60	60
25	Zander Welsh (Jr)	12	5	13	38	38
44	Ryan Krueger (Sr)	11	5	9	56	56

Ainsworth

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	6	22	27	5	11	45	8	20	40
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	12	0	2	0	4	7	57	4	8	50
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	4	25
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	13	3	11	27	0	0	0	2	4	50
24	Bear Rea (So)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pender

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	2	17	12	9	12	75	19	39	49
1	Trevor Trimble (Sr)	17	2	5	40	3	4	75	4	10	40
3	Reece Heineman (Sr)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
4	Lane Kelly (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Grant Geisert (So)	3	0	0	0	1	1	100	1	1	100
22	Jake Schuster (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Carter Hansen (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
25	Zander Welsh (Jr)	12	0	4	0	2	3	67	5	9	56
44	Ryan Krueger (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	2	50	5	9	56

Ainsworth

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	8	16	24	9	4	23	15
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	12	2	4	6	4	1	4	3
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0	1	0	1	3	1	5	2
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
12	C. Guichard Mingo (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	3	1	3	4	0	0	3	2
20	Adolfo Rojas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	5	1	6	7	1	1	5	3
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	13	2	2	4	0	0	5	4
24	Bear Rea (So)	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pender

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	14	16	30	18	9	8	15
1	Trevor Trimble (Sr)	17	3	1	4	1	3	1	2
3	Reece Heineman (Sr)	4	0	2	2	0	1	2	1
4	Lane Kelly (Sr)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
10	Grant Geisert (So)	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	2
22	Jake Schuster (Sr)	0	2	3	5	4	2	0	1
24	Carter Hansen (Sr)	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2
25	Zander Welsh (Jr)	12	1	2	3	4	2	0	2
33	Oliver Isner (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	Ryan Krueger (Sr)	11	6	3	9	3	1	2	4

Ainsworth

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.39	0.17	0.27	10
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	1.00	0.25	0.33	2
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0.60	0.20	0.50	3
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
12	C. Guichard Mingo (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	0.20	0.20	0.33	1
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
24	Bear Rea (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0

Pender

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.25	1.13	0.60	3	10
1	Trevor Trimble (Sr)	1.00	3.00	1.50	0	4
3	Reece Heineman (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0	1
4	Lane Kelly (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10	Grant Geisert (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0	0
22	Jake Schuster (Sr)	4.00	2.00	2.00	1	0
24	Carter Hansen (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	2	2
25	Zander Welsh (Jr)	4.00	2.00	1.00	0	2
44	Ryan Krueger (Sr)	1.50	0.50	0.25	0	1

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Pender defeats Ainsworth

February 24, 2026: Pender, NE 68047

The Pender Pendragons (Pender, NE) basketball were winner over the visiting Ainsworth Bulldogs (Ainsworth, NE), 53-39 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Pendragons now possess a 20-5 record.

With the loss, Ainsworth falls to 5-19 on the campaign.

Ainsworth @ Pender Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 24, 2026 @ 6p

The Pender (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference tournament game against Ainsworth (NE) by a score of 53-39.

Rankings & Records

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

Pender (25-26)

NE	Class
57	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-6	1-0	11-0	10-1	1-5	.786	1.000	1,519	1,161

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Ainsworth	8.9	10.4	11.5	12.3	-	42.6
Pender	17.2	12.6	13.2	11.8	10.0	54.3

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Team Stat Comparison

Ainsworth		Pender
42.6	Points Per Game	54.3
29.5	Rebounds Per Game	30.9
10.3	Assists Per Game	12.6
9.6	Steals Per Game	8.5
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Ainsworth		Pender	National Avg.
#1 Chris Fernandez11.6	Points Per Game	#25 Zander Welsh13.4	4.8
#21 Jaxon Rucker7.7	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Ryan Krueger7.6	2.5
#1 Chris Fernandez3.3	Assists Per Game	#25 Zander Welsh3.5	1.0
#1 Chris Fernandez2.2	Steals Per Game	#25 Zander Welsh1.9	0.8
#15 Jacob Ortner0.4	Blocks Per Game	#24 Carter Hansen0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ainsworth	1-0		Pender	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/23/26	Oakland-Craig	Ainsworth	(W) 43-40		12/12/25	Pender	Oakland-Craig	(W) 64-30

Record Breakdown

Ainsworth (25-26)		Pender (25-26)
5-19	Overall	22-6
2-1	League	4-0
2-14	Non-League	17-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
3-6	Home	11-0
0-12	Away	10-1
2-1	Neutral	1-5
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-19	In-State	22-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1