Southwest lost against Bertrand two weeks ago and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Southwest Roughriders were dealt a 72-42 loss at the hands of the Bertrand Vikings. The Roughriders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-20.
Despite the loss, Southwest still got an impressive performance from Houston Billeter, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 17 points. That was a full 40.5% of Southwest's points, marking the 12th time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Deric Kelley was another key player, putting up six points.
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Even though they lost, Southwest smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matchups.
Thunder Nelson was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 24 points and ten boards for Bertrand. The dominant performance also gave Nelson a new career-high in steals (eight). Another player making a difference was Marcus Hernandez, who went 8 for 9 en route to 16 points.
Southwest's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Bertrand, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Southwest will venture away from home to challenge Dundy County-Stratton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bertrand, they will head out to square off against Alma at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bertrand knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten games -- so hopefully Alma likes a good challenge.
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