Blair lost against Bennington back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Blair Bears took a 78-61 bruising from the Bennington Badgers. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Badgers are ranked 19th).
Bo Meier
| 02/26/25 vs Bennington | 3 |
| 02/04/25 vs Lewis Central | 3 |
| 12/13/24 @ Gross Catholic | 3 |
| 02/08/25 vs Seward | 2 |
| 01/23/25 @ Crete | 2 |
| + 7 more games |
Blair lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Bo Meier, who went 6-for-12 on his way to 16 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. He has become a key player for Blair: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three steals, but 8-12 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Brevin Leggott, who posted ten points.
Bennington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Austin Kaiser led the charge by putting up 15 points in addition to eight assists and four steals. The dominant performance gave Kaiser a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Jace Fitzgerald, who earned 16 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Blair and nudges their season record down to 10-13. As for Bennington, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Blair does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Bennington, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 60-51 victory against Elkhorn North on the 27th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
