The North Bend Central Boys are 2-0 in their last two games, defeating Pender 70-28 at home Friday night before winning 42-38 in overtime at Schuyler on Saturday.
The Tigers led the Pendragons 31-8 at the end of one. North Bend Central won the second quarter 15-11 to lead 46-19 at halftime.
The Tigers quadrupled up Pender 20-5 in the third quarter to make it a 66-24 game at the end of three.
Both teams scored 4 fourth quarter points.
Jake Wieftfeld led the way with 25 points. Jake Cleveringa added 10 while Tanner Wietfeld totaled 8.
North Bend Central led the Warriors 13-7 at the end of one. The Tigers won the second quarter 9-6 to take a 22-13 lead into the locker room.
Schuyler outscored North Bend Central 15-10 in the third quarter to make it a 32-28 game at the end of three.
The Warriors put up 7 fourth quarter points compared to 3 for the Tigers to send the game into OT tied at 35.
North Bend Central outlasted Schuyler 7-3 in the extra session.
The Tigers played real well against Pender, but nearly let one get away against the Warriors. Give Schuyler credit for coming back in the second half, but North Bend Central should have put the Warriors away earlier than they did.
The Tigers (5-1) square off with David City Aquinas (4-2) next Tuesday at the David City Holiday Tournament.
The Monarchs won 47-42 at Lincoln Lutheran last time out.
David City Aquinas is a good team, and this is going to be an awfully difficult game for North Bend Central, in my opinion.
The fact the game is in David City makes it that much harder for the Tigers I think.
North Bend Central has to be ready to play though and must believe they can win.
Hopefully the Tigers learned a lesson from the Schuyler game in that they need to close teams out when they have the chance.
If North Bend Central has a chance to close out the Monarchs, they need to slam the door shut.
The last thing the Tigers want to do is leave the door open for David City Aquinas to comeback should it come down to that.
North Bend Central has to play their hearts out, and get back to playing the type of basketball they played against Stanton and Pender.
I understand Schuyler is a Class B school, but the Tigers have to be more consistent if they want to continue to knock off good teams.
Tip-off is set for 4:00 p.m.
The North Bend Central Girls edged Pender 36-34 at home Friday night.
Pender doubled up the Tigers 12-6 in the first quarter. North Bend Central won the second quarter 10-3 to lead 16-15 at halftime.
The Pendragons outscored the Tigers 11-4 in the third quarter to go up 26-20 at the end of three.
North Bend Central doubled up Pender 16-8 in the fourth quarter.
The Tigers were down, but found a way to comeback and win. This was a big win for North Bend Central.
The Tigers (5-1) take on David City Aquinas (3-3) next Tuesday at the David City Holiday Tournament.
The Monarchs lost 50-27 at Lincoln Lutheran on Saturday, and have kind of hit a rough patch in their season.
David City Aquinas has played a tough schedule, however, and should not be underestimated.
North Bend Central is going to have to play at a very high level to knock off the Monarchs. I don't think things are going to come easy for the Tigers.
I look for next Tuesday's game to be close and tightly contested.
I feel like North Bend Central has a good chance to win, but the Tigers have to play well.
It all starts on the defensive end of the floor for North Bend Central. The Tigers have held every opponent under 50 points this season, and that trend has to continue if North Bend Central wants to win next Tuesday.
The Tigers also need to get things going offensively, but something tells me this is going to be a low scoring street fight.
I look for North Bend Central to grind and eek out a close victory.
It may not be pretty, but if the result is a win I'm sure the Tigers will take it.
Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m.
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