The Emerson-Hubbard Boys are off to a difficult start, falling 78-22 to Lutheran High Northeast in the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic on Friday, 72-25 to Wisner-Pilger in the Classic on Saturday, and 64-17 at BRLD Tuesday night.
The Eagles led the Pirates 31-4 after one. Lutheran High Northeast won the second quarter 15-8 to make it a 46-12 game at halftime.
The Eagles outscored Emerson-Hubbard 20-8 in the third quarter to go up 66-20 at the end of three.
Lutheran High Northeast notched 12 points in the fourth quarter and held the Pirates to 2.
Taylor Donner had 12 points to lead Emerson-Hubbard.
Wisner-Pilger led the Pirates 21-6 at the end of the first quarter. The Gators tripled up Emerson-Hubbard 28-7 in the second quarter to take a 49-13 lead into the locker room.
Wisner-Pilger outscored Emerson-Hubbard 13-9 in the third quarter to lead 62-22 at the end of three.
The Gators won the fourth quarter 10-3.
Joshua Sebade paced the Pirates with 10 points.
The Wolverines held a 9-4 lead on the Pirates at the end of one. BRLD outscored Emerson-Hubbard 19-4 in the second quarter to take a 28-8 lead into the locker room.
The Wolverines won the third quarter 17-6 to make it a 45-14 game at the end of three.
BRLD notched 19 points in the fourth quarter compared to just 3 for the Pirates.
Donner led the way with 7 points.
Sebade and Donner have performed well offensively for Emerson-Hubbard so far, but otherwise the Pirates are really struggling on offense and defense.
Emerson-Hubbard (0-3) is at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (2-0) Friday night.
The Bears won 77-27 at Homer last time out.
Jayden Reifenrath is a tall and athletic player the Pirates have to watch out for.
Emerson-Hubbard obviously wants to win Friday night, but being competitive would be a good step in the right direction for this team.
The Pirates have had a tough go of things so far, and I don't know if many thought things would go the way they have so far for Emerson-Hubbard, but there's a long season left, and a lot of room for improvement.
The Pirates just have to take things one game at a time, and focus on getting stops defensively and hitting shots.
Emerson-Hubbard has to be able to handle ball pressure, and make smart passes to find easy baskets.
Getting to the free throw line often is also essential for the Pirates.
Emerson-Hubbard has to continue to fight and play hard, and do the best they can.
The Pirates can't let a few tough losses get the best of them. Emerson-Hubbard has to play with toughness and moxie, and continue to play and fight hard no matter the situation.
The Pirates have some winnable games coming up so now is the time to start turning things around if you are Emerson-Hubbard.
The Pirates can take some positive steps in the right direction Friday night by competing with and maybe even upsetting Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.
The Bears are a really good team, but Emerson-Hubbard can't be afraid of or intimidated by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.
The Pirates just have to play their game, and see what happens.
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls are off to a 1-2 start, losing 66-33 to GACC in the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic last Thursday night, beating Lutheran High Northeast 38-29 in the Classic on Saturday, and losing 80-27 at BRLD Tuesday night.
The Bluejays led the Pirates 33-5 after the first quarter. GACC outscored Emerson-Hubbard 17-10 to go up 50-15 at halftime.
Both teams scored 10 third quarter points to make it a 60-25 game at the end of three.
The Pirates won the fourth quarter 8-6.
Emerson-Hubbard held a 9-6 lead on the Eagles after one. Lutheran High Northeast outscored the Pirates 7-2 in the second quarter to make it a 13-11 game at halftime.
Emerson-Hubbard won the third quarter 11-10 to make it a 23-22 game at the end of three.
The Pirates notched 16 points in the fourth quarter compared to 6 for the Eagles.
The Wolverines led the Pirates 18-10 at the end of one. BRLD won the second quarter 20-11 to lead 38-21 at halftime.
The Wolverines outscored Emerson-Hubbard 24-6 in the third quarter to go up 62-27 at the end of three.
BRLD shutout the Pirates 18-0 in the fourth quarter.
Caleigh Mackling registered 12 points while Mercedes King and Melanie Gentrup recorded 9 and 7 rebounds, respectively.
Emerson-Hubbard played well against Lutheran High Northeast, but really struggled against both GACC and BRLD.
The Pirates (1-2) square off with Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (1-1) on the road Friday night.
The Bears won 55-41 at Homer last time out.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge appears to be somewhat of a decent team, and could in fact knock off Emerson-Hubbard.
Emily Hangman, Bethany Kardell, and Lorna Maxon are players to watch out for for the Bears.
The Pirates have to do their best to slow these three down and force other players to beat them.
Offense and defense has been a challenge for Emerson-Hubbard this season while the Bears have been a little bit better in that regard so based on scores alone one would have to give Laurel-Concord-Coleridge the advantage.
I think the Pirates can definitely win though.
If Emerson-Hubbard turns in a performance similar to the one they had against Lutheran High Northeast they should have a good chance to win.
The Pirates really finished that game strong, and I think it might take that kind of fourth quarter effort again for Emerson-Hubbard to come out on top.
I look for the Pirates to play much better Friday night than they did Tuesday night.
I'm sure Emerson-Hubbard knows they didn't have their best effort, and will do everything they can turn in a better performance against the Bears.
A win would be big for the Pirates seeing as two out of their three games next week are very winnable.
Emerson-Hubbard could very well be 4-3 or better heading into the Holiday Break, and that would not be too bad honestly.
We'll find out what the Pirates are made of Friday night.
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