The Bainville Bulldogs pulled away in the fourth quarter to score a 72-66 road victory over the Richey/Lambert Fusion on Friday, Feb. 4. The league contest was deadlocked, 33-33, at the half. Richey/Lambert held a 52-51 advantage after three quarters of action. Bainville then struck for 21 points in the fourth period to earn the victory. Jesse Strickland led the Bulldogs with 32 points.

The Culbertson Cowgirls dominated the second half and defeated the Richey/ Lambert Fusion, 62-32, on Saturday, Feb. 5. Culbertson held a slim 29-26 half-time margin, but the Cowgirls ran off 13 points in the third quarter for a 42-28 lead. The Cowgirls then outscored Richey/Lambert by a 20-4 margin in the final period. Megan Granbois finished with 24 points to lead Culbertson’s attack.

The Culbertson Cowboys lost a tough 49-48 contest at home against the Richey/ Lambert Fusion on Saturday, Feb. 5. The conference contest was deadlocked at 22-22 after two quarters of play. Culbertson accounted for 18 points in the third quarter to gain a 40-36 advantage. A drive by James Kirkaldie put the Cowboys up 44-36 with 6:44 remaining in the game. The Fusion scored the next seven

Plentywood and Froid/ Lake lead the District 2C girls’ basketball standings with 5-0 records heading into this weekend. MonDak is right behind at 3-1 and Culbertson is 3-2 in league play. Rounding out the standings are Savage at 3-3, Richey/ Lambert at 2-3, Bainville at 1-3, Circle at 1-3, Brockton at 0-3 and Fairview at 0-5. Froid/Lake and Plentywood also top the boys’ standings with

Bainville’s girls basketball team lost to league-leading Plentywood by a 64-21 final on Friday, Jan. 21. The Wildcats led 18-10 at the end of the first quarter and by a 38-10 half-time margin. Plentywood then outscored the Bulldogs by an 18-6 margin in the third quarter. Lakyn Rabbe scored seven points to lead Bainville. Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Elsie Wilson with five, Miah Pippenger