FREMONT – North Bend Central led from start to finish on their way to beating Oakland-Craig 55-29 for the girls East Husker Conference basketball tournament championship played on Saturday at Midland University in Fremont.
The Tigers jumped out to a 14-6 lead after the first quarter, and would go on to lead 24-16 at halftime.
NBC outscored the Knights 18-7 in the third quarter and 13-6 in the fourth quarter to secure the 55-29 win.
Kaitlyn Emanuel finished with 21 points for NBC while Madison Bishop added 13.
Chaney Nelson had 10 points for Oakland-Craig and Syd Guzinski added 9.
North Bend Central won it’s first East Husker Conference ournament girls championship since 2017 with the win, and improves to 20-1 on the season.
With the loss, Oakland-Craig is now 17-4 overall.