Arlington High School's Britt Nielsen scored 26 points Tuesday, but the North Bend Central girls basketball team still beat the Eagles, 50-41.
After an eight-point first half, Nielsen, a senior, scored six points during the third period and 12 during the fourth in an attempt to avoid AHS' second-straight loss after a 10-game winning streak. The road defeat, however, dropped her team's record to 10-3 overall.
The Tigers, meanwhile, improved to 7-6 as Lauren Sterup and Lindsey Emanuel combined for 28 points. Their team led 24-18 at halftime and added to its advantage with an 11-9 third period and a 15-14 fourth.
Emme Timm scored 10 Arlington points to aid Nielsen's efforts, but it wasn't enough. The Eagles were scheduled to host Syracuse on Thursday and next play Tuesday at Logan View/Scribner-Snyder.
North Bend Central girls 50, Arlington 41
AHS (10-3) 10 8 9 14 — 41
NBC (7-6) 10 14 11 15 — 50
Scoring: AHS — Britt Nielsen 26, Emme Timm 10, Libby Hegemann 3, Macy Wolf 2.
NBC — Lauren Sterup 14, Lindsey Emanuel 14, Jayla Von Ampting 9, Mia Beebe 7, Reese Petersen 4, M.Schmidt 2.
Arlington boys fall by 7
North Bend Central outgunned the Arlington boys 13-6 during the fourth period Tuesday, picking up a 52-45 home win.
The road loss ended the Eagles' four-game winning. They are 6-6 overall, while the Tigers improved to 8-4.
Coach Jake Polk's AHS squad led 26-24 at halftime and was even with NBC through three quarters. During the fourth, though, the Eagles' Schuyler Logemann, Luke Sharp and Trent Koger combined for just six points — Arlington's lowest scoring period of the game.
Koger, ultimately, finished with a team-best 22 points, while Logemann scored 12 with three 3-point makes. Oliver Ladehoff had nine points, too.
The Tigers' Layne Ruzicka, however, led all scorers with 24 points. His teammate, Cash Hanis, added 19 during the home win, too.
AHS was scheduled to host Syracuse on Thursday and next competes Tuesday at Logan View-Scribner-Snyder.
North Bend Central boys 52, Arlington 45
AHS (6-6) 9 17 13 6 — 45
NBC (8-4) 13 11 15 13 — 52
Scoring: AHS — Trent Koger 22, Schuyler Logemann 12, Oliver Ladehoff 9, Luke Sharp 2.
NBC — Layne Ruzicka 24, Cash Hanis 19, Koda Baehr 3, Ethan Kluck 2, Drew Sterup 2, Ryder Brabec 2.
