Basketball Recap: Ingalls Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Jennasey Stoudemire and Olivia Stein

Ingalls lost against Bucklin back in March of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Ingalls Bulldogs fell 45-38 to the Bucklin Red Aces. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Red Aces are ranked 44th).

Olivia Stein

Rebounds

02/08/25 vs Bucklin	13
02/07/25 vs Dighton	13
02/04/25 vs Minneola	15
01/30/25 @ South Central	12
01/27/25 vs Spearville	15
+ 2 more games

Despite the loss, Ingalls had strong showings from Olivia Stein, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 13 boards, and Jennasey Stoudemire, who posted 12 points and seven rebounds. Stein is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down ten or more in the last seven games she's played.

Even though they lost, Ingalls smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bucklin only pulled down seven offensive rebounds.

Emmy Kirk was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 13 points and nine steals for Bucklin. That's the most steals Kirk has posted since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Tristan Stout, who went 6-for-10 on her way to 13 points and four steals.

Ingalls has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season. As for Bucklin, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-3.

Ingalls didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 41-28 defeat against Spearville on the 11th. As for Bucklin, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 58-30 win against Ashland on the 11th.