The Stanton Boys beat Crofton 55-48 on the road Friday night, and Lyons-Decatur Northeast 69-58 at home on Saturday before losing 57-53 at home to Twin River Tuesday night.
The Mustangs led the Warriors 19-10 after one. Crofton outscored Stanton 19-9 in the second quarter to lead 29-28 at halftime.
The Mustangs doubled up the Warriors 10-5 in the third quarter to go back up 38-34 at the end of three.
Stanton won the fourth quarter 17-14.
Trey Erbst led the way with 22 points. Josh Krentz had 12 while Miles Nickolite notched 10 points and 8 rebounds. Mitchael Sieh recorded 7 rebounds.
The Mustangs held a 16-15 lead on Lyons-Decatur Northeast at the end of one. The Cougars won the second quarter 14-10 to take a 29-26 lead into the locker room.
Stanton outscored Lyons-Decatur Northeast 24-11 in the third quarter to go up 50-40 at the end of three.
The Mustangs notched 19 fourth quarter points compared to 18 for the Cougars.
Erbst and Kyle Sperl each had 18 points to lead Stanton. Nickolite notched 13 points and 9 rebounds while Sieh scored 13.
Stanton suffered a tough defeat to the Titans, but played well enough to beat the Warriors and Cougars.
The Mustangs (14-5) take on Tekamah-Herman (2-14) in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament on Saturday in Stanton.
Tekamah-Herman lost 74-42 at North Bend Central last Thursday night.
Tekamah-Herman has had a difficult season, and has yet to pick up a win in 2016.
The Tigers don't have a lot of players out for basketball so that limits what they can do in practice and during games.
Stanton should be able to take care of business. There's no reason to think that they won't.
Sperl, Nickolite, Sieh, Erbst, Krentz, and Brook Klinetobe all need to have good games for the Mustangs.
Stanton may only need half of them to get in double figures to win, but the more points they score, the better.
The Mustangs not only want to win, they want to win impressively.
The last thing Stanton wants is a close, hotly contested game with Tekamah-Herman.
I really think the Mustangs have a good chance to make a run in this tournament.
Stanton could very well see Twin River again, and what a game that would be.
First things first, the Mustangs have to take care of business against the Tigers. They should with no issues to advance to the second round on Tuesday or whenever the second round gets played.
Saturday's game is set to start at 6:00 p.m.
The Stanton Girls lost 72-34 at Crofton Friday night, won 65-55 at home over Lyons-Decatur Northeast on Saturday, and beat Twin River 60-38 at home Tuesday night.
The Warriors jumped out to a 22-9 lead on the Mustangs at the end of one. Crofton tripled up Stanton 9-3 in the second quarter to lead 31-12 at halftime.
The Warriors doubled up the Mustangs 24-12 in the third quarter to go up 55-24 at the end of three.
Crofton won the fourth quarter 17-10.
MacKenzie Brandl notched a team-high 11 points and 7 rebounds.
The Mustangs jumped on Lyons-Decatur Northeast 16-9 at the end of one. The Cougars won the second quarter 15-13 to make it a 29-24 game at halftime.
Stanton outscored Lyons-Decatur Northeast 20-11 in the third quarter to lead 49-35 at the end of three.
The Cougars notched 20 fourth quarter points compared to 16 for the Mustangs.
Hiliary Huss had a team-high 15 points while Bree Burtwhistle totaled 11. Brandl added 10 points while Jessie Brandl recorded 8 points and 8 rebounds. Leah Arens had 7 points and 9 rebounds.
Both Stanton and Twin River scored 12 first quarter points. The Mustangs outscored the Titans 22-6 in the second quarter to go up 34-18 at halftime.
Stanton doubled up Twin River 14-7 in the third quarter to lead 48-25 after three.
The Titans won the fourth quarter 13-12.
Huss led the way with 24 points. Jessie Brandl registered 11 while Burtwhistle, Wade, and MacKenzie Brandl notched 7 apiece.
The Mustangs have gotten stronger each game following the Crofton loss. Stanton followed that loss up with a ten point win and then a 22-point win.
The Mustangs (13-6) square off with Twin River (9-7) in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Howells-Dodge Friday night.
It's always tough to beat a team twice in the same season, but I think Stanton will be up to the task.
The Mustangs dominated the Titans Tuesday night, and I see no reason why things won't be similar Friday night.
Perhaps Twin River didn't show a whole lot being as the two teams are playing again Friday night, but either way the Titans didn't have a good showing.
You can bet Twin River will play better and have a different game plan this time around though.
Whether that matters or not, I don't know, but one way or another I look for Stanton to win big again.
I don't know if the Mustangs will win by 20+ again, but I think anywhere from 15-20 or 10-15 points is very doable.
Stanton will likely play Howells-Dodge in the second round of the tournament on Monday so the Mustangs need to play well against the Titans so they can get ready and geared up for the Jaguars.
I think the Mustangs have a chance to do some damage in this tournament again, and perhaps win it, but it's not going to be easy.
There are a lot of good girls teams this year in the East Husker Conference, and I could see a number of teams getting to Columbus and winning the whole thing.
There aren't a lot of games before the postseason so Stanton has to make every game count from here on out.
Friday night's game is set to start after the Howells-Dodge/Logan View/Scribner-Snyder game, which is set to start at 6:00 p.m.
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