The Maple Valley Anthon-Oto Charter Oak-Ute Rams picked up a 47-31 road win over the Riverside Bulldogs in girls hoops on Thursday night. It was a close game for the for a half. Riverside went on a 7-0 run at the end of the first quarter to lead 12-11. The Rams jumped ahead by two by halftime at 23-21. That’s when the offense went cold for the Bulldogs. MVAOCOU outscored Riverside 13-6 in the third quarter and kept close to a ten point advantage the rest of the way.

The Rams were led by 12 points from sophomore Brooklyn Beery and 9 from freshman Ashlyn Blake off the bench. The Rams improved to 5-9 with the win and will host Siouxland Christian on Friday night.

Riverside suffered from 26 turnovers in the game and couldn’t knock down the good looks they had in the second half. Riverside got 11 points from Jadyn Achenbach, 10 of those coming in the first half. The Bulldogs are now 2-11 and will face Underwood Friday afternoon at the Mid-America Center as part of the Jennie Ed Sports Med MAC Shootout. We’ll have that game on KJAN along with the boys game that will follow. The girls are slated for a 4:00pm start with the boys at 5:30pm.