The Ainsworth Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Ainsworth focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Friday.
Even though Bridgeport scored an imposing 63 points on Friday, Ainsworth still came out on top. Ainsworth walked away with a 71-63 win over Bridgeport. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ainsworth.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ainsworth to victory, but perhaps none more so than Traegan McNally, who scored 24 points along with seven rebounds. McNally is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for four games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Nelson, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, sadly, Niobrara/Verdigre is still looking for their first win of the season after 18 games. They took a serious blow against Boyd County last Friday, falling 68-29. Niobrara/Verdigre was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-14.
Ainsworth has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Niobrara/Verdigre, they dropped their record down to 0-18 with that defeat, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season.
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