Gainesville lost against Bakersfield back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Gainesville Bulldogs were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 37-36 to the Bakersfield Lions. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Lions are ranked 204th).
Gainesville's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Bakersfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Gainesville has already played their next match (against Dora), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Bakersfield won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Niangua at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
