The Nederland Panthers can finally bid farewell to their six-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Saturday. They snuck past Ascent Classical Academy with a 30-24 win. This was payback for Nederland, who suffered a 55-36 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Nederland had a senior duo take command as Rick Fortunato scored ten points along with five rebounds and Gavin Dillon scored ten points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Fortunato has scored at least 25% of Nederland's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Indio Koonz, who scored two points along with six rebounds.
Nederland's win bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Ascent Classical Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Nederland will look to defend their home court on Monday against Campion Academy at 5:30 p.m. Ascent Classical Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on STEM School Highlands Ranch at 6:00 p.m. on December 21st.
