Basketball Game Preview: Ell-Saline Cardinals vs. Bennington Bulldogs

Ell-Saline is 2-8 against Bennington since March of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ell-Saline Cardinals will host the Bennington Bulldogs. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Ell-Saline is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They lost 57-32 to Remington. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 309th, while the Broncos are ranked 39th).

Meanwhile, Bennington unfortunately witnessed the end of their nine-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to Inman 54-50.

Ell-Saline's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Bennington, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 11-2.

Ell-Saline was taken down by Bennington 58-30 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Ell-Saline avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.