If Lakeview was riding high fresh off their 60-20 takedown of Schuyler on Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lakeview Vikings were dealt a 73-33 defeat at the hands of the Bennington Badgers on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th in Nebraska, while the Badgers are ranked 15th in Nebraska).
Lakeview's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brianna Line, who posted seven points, and Kenzie Greisen, who scored seven points and nine boards.
Bennington got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Skylar Johnson out in front who went 5-for-7 en route to 15 points. Thanks to that strong game, Johnson now owns an excellent 40.9% three-point shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Harper Bohaboj, who went 5-for-11 to rack up 11 points along with five assists and five steals.
Lakeview has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-18 record this season. Bennington pushed their record up to 19-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Lakeview does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Bennington, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 55-43 win against Blair on the 26th.
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