The Bancroft-Rosalie Boys ended their regular season Friday night with a 68-47 win at Pender.
The Panthers led 18-13 at the end of one. Bancroft-Rosalie outscored the Pendragons 21-10 in the second quarter to lead 39-23 at halftime.
The Panthers won the third quarter 15-9 to go up 54-32 at the end of three.
Pender put up 15 fourth quarter points compared to 14 for Bancroft-Rosalie.
Mario Aldrich led the way with 22 points. Aaron Ras and Dayne Wortman totaled 13 apiece. Kenyan Lovejoy added 9 rebounds.
The Panthers won three out of their last four and four out of their last six to end the regular season. Head Coach Cory Meyer feels his team had favorable match ups at the end. "Basketball is a game of match-ups and I felt we matched up pretty well with our final 4 regular season teams. We just didn't play well vs Omaha Nation and I thought they played exceptionally well considering they were missing a few key players. We have struggled this year playing consistent basketball."
Bancroft Rosalie (12-10) will look to get back to state and get to the state championship, where they've been the past two seasons.
The Panthers begin D2-3 Sub District play at Clarkson against Mead (20-2) Tuesday night.
The Raiders beat Johnson-Brock 55-43 at home Friday night.
Mead defeated Bancroft-Rosalie 57-39 in Bancroft on January 16th.
Meyer says his squad will have to play very well to defeat the Raiders this time around. "To beat Mead we would have to play consistently good for 4 great quarters. We played earlier in the season and they are a very good fundamentally coached team with well rounded athletes that are tough shooters inside and out."
Mead is a tough team. However, the Panthers have sort of recaptured some momentum here at the end of the regular season, and perhaps still have some magic left in them.
Meyer says the road to Lincoln is as tough as it can be. "To get to state would mean we would have to beat the #1, #2, #3 ranked teams in D2. Three teams out of our districts will go to state. Jokingly I would say just give the winner out of our district's the state title. But it would be nice to get there being our last year as the Bancroft-Rosalie Panthers."
Bancroft-Rosalie definitely has their work cut out for them, but anything can happen. The Panthers have to believe in themselves and one another that they can win every time they take the floor.
This team has a lot of postseason experience, and I wouldn't be surprised if Bancroft-Rosalie hung with Mead, and perhaps beat them.
This is the last hoorah for the Bancroft-Rosalie Panthers. One last roar. The Panthers have to make the most of their opportunity Tuesday night.
Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
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