After flying high against Creighton last Thursday, Bloomfield came back down to earth. The Bloomfield Bees fell 41-28 to the Homer Knights on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Knights are ranked 40th).
Despite the defeat, Bloomfield saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Peyton Eisenhauer posted 12 points. Another player making a difference was Madyson Mlady, who put up seven points and 13 rebounds.
Homer had a senior duo take command as Tori Walker went 6-for-9 to rack up 14 points and three steals and Rylie Harris dropped a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards. The dominant performance gave Harris a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexandra Albrecht, who earned eight points and six boards.
Bloomfield has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 14-9 record this season. As for Homer, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 22-1.
Coming up, Bloomfield will face off against Hartington-Newcastle at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Homer does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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