The Neligh-Oakdale Warriors's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their ninth straight loss. They were outmatched by Bloomfield on the road and fell 69-32. Neligh-Oakdale was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-16.
Neligh-Oakdale's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Chase Furstenau, who scored 18 points along with three steals, and Colson Krebs who scored eight points along with six assists and two steals. That was a full 56.3% of Neligh-Oakdale's points, marking the 15th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Layne Warrior was his usual excellent self, scoring 15 points along with five rebounds for Bloomfield. Warrior has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Wiley Ziegler, who scored 12 points.
Neligh-Oakdale dropped their record down to 1-16 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bloomfield, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 11-7.
Neligh-Oakdale will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Wausa at 7:45 p.m. Wausa will be up against Neligh-Oakdale's rather soft defense (which has allowed 55.88 points per match), so fans could be in store for a big offensive showing. As for Bloomfield, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Creighton at 7:30 p.m. on February 8th. Hopefully Bloomfield focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
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