The Bloomfield Bees fought the good fight in their overtime contest against the Boyd County Spartans on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 47-44. Bloomfield lost against Boyd County in their previous head to head back in December of 2022, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 49-37 score last time.
Bloomfield lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Madison Abbenhaus, who scored 13 points. Abbenhaus scored a full 29.5% of Bloomfield's points, the tenth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Kora Poppe was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
It was another big night for Paige Drueke, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds for Boyd County. Drueke is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Birmeier, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Bloomfield's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Boyd County, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-7.
Bloomfield and Hartington-Newcastle will face off at 6:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Boyd County and Santee will face off at 6:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Santee is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
