After flying high against South Loup last Saturday, Bertrand came back down to earth. The Bertrand Vikings were dealt a 63-25 loss at the hands of the Southwest Roughriders on Friday. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Roughriders recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Katelyn Evans was Bertrand's leading scorer, having posted nine points. Shelby Schoene held things down on the boards with 11 rebounds. Addison Andersen took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Aspen Billeter was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 30 points and nine rebounds for Southwest. With that strong performance, Billeter is now averaging an impressive 15.8 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Allison Vanpelt, who went 5 of 9 en route to 11 points in addition to five assists and four steals.
Bertrand's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Southwest, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 12-1.
Bertrand didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 49-35 loss against Overton on the 18th. As for Southwest, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 46-42 victory against Southern Valley on the 18th.
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