The Emerson-Hubbard Boys lost 88-33 at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Friday night before falling 61-54 at home to Hartington-Newcastle Monday night.
The Bears led the Pirates 27-15 after one. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge won the second quarter 24-9 to go up 51-24 at halftime.
The Bears outscored Emerson-Hubbard 21-4 in the third quarter to lead 72-28 after three.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge notched 16 points in the fourth quarter compared to 5 for the Pirates.
Taylor Donner had a team-high 10 points for Emerson-Hubbard while Joshua Sebade recorded 9 points and 9 rebounds.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 16-12 lead on the Bears at the end of one. Hartington-Newcastle won the second quarter 14-13 to lead 30-25 at halftime.
The Pirates won the third quarter 14-13 to make it a 43-39 game at the end of three.
The Wildcats outscored Emerson-Hubbard 18-15 in the fourth quarter.
Sebade had a game-high 20 points and 7 rebounds for the Pirates while Donner added 16. Jacob Kneifl registered 9 points and 10 rebounds while Nolan Belt posted 7 rebounds.
I thought the Pirates started to figure things out a little bit against Hartington-Newcastle. Perhaps the close loss can lead to better things for Emerson-Hubbard.
The Pirates (0-5) battle Ponca (4-1) on the road Friday night.
The Indians lost 69-65 at home to Laurel-Concord-Coleridge last time out.
I think Emerson-Hubbard can keep this game more respectable than some might think.
Ponca only beat Hartington-Newcastle by 10, and I think given the way the Pirates played against the Wildcats, this game has a chance to be somewhat close.
It's going to be really tough for Emerson-Hubbard to win, in my opinion, but anything can happen, and the Pirates have to believe they can get the job done.
The Indians are a quality team, but Emerson-Hubbard is getting better, and I look for the Pirates to compete hard and well Friday night.
Donner, Sebade, and Kneifl need to have big games for Emerson-Hubbard, and if they can play the way they did against Hartington-Newcastle, it could be a respectable game for the Pirates.
Emerson-Hubbard has Winside on the road Saturday, so even if the Pirates can't get pick up their first win of the year against Ponca, they should have a good chance to knock off the Wildcats.
These are the last two games before the Madison Holiday Tournament so Emerson-Hubbard needs to play well and at least pick up one win before the Holiday Break.
The Pirates desperately need to win before the Holiday Break. Emerson-Hubbard doesn't want to be winless heading into the break.
It's time for the Pirates to get the job done and win a game. Emerson-Hubbard is due to break out and taste victory.
The Pirates need to find a way to win one of these next two games at the very least. There's no reason why Emerson-Hubbard can't beat Winside, or even Ponca.
Just one win would be really good for this team as I think it could turn around their season. Two wins this weekend would just be icing on the cake.
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls won 42-35 at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Friday night before falling 63-42 at home to Hartington-Newcastle Monday night.
The Pirates jumped on the Bears 18-5 after one. The Bears won the second quarter 16-10 to make it a 28-21 game at halftime.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge doubled up Emerson-Hubbard 10-5 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 2 at 33-31 after three.
The Pirates outscored the Bears 9-4 in the fourth quarter.
Caleigh Mackling totaled 15 points and 9 rebounds while Courtney Bokemper added 10 points and 8 rebounds. Melanie Gentrup recorded 8 points and 8 rebounds.
The Wildcats led Emerson-Hubbard 11-4 at the end of one. Hartington-Newcastle doubled up the Pirates 26-13 in the second quarter to take a 37-17 lead into the locker room.
The Wildcats won the third quarter 13-10 to go up 50-27 at the end of three.
Emerson-Hubbard outscored Hartington-Newcastle 15-13 in the fourth quarter.
Taylor Daum registered 11 points and 9 rebounds while Skye Miller and Bokemper totaled 10 and 7 points, respectively.
I thought the Pirates played two good quarters of basketball against both the Bears and Wildcats.
Emerson-Hubbard (2-3) takes on Ponca (5-0) on the road Friday night.
The Indians beat the Bears 61-40 at home Tuesday night.
I think the Pirates have a chance to be really competitive in this game. I don't know if Emerson-Hubbard will win, but I think the Pirates can keep things close.
Emerson-Hubbard has to play four quarters of good basketball though.
I don't know if the Pirates can afford to play just two good quarters of basketball. Emerson-Hubbard needs to play a complete game to have success, in my opinion.
We will see what happens, but even if the Pirates don't beat the Indians, they should beat Winside on Saturday.
The Wildcats are currently 0-4 on the season, and Emerson-Hubbard shouldn't have much trouble with Winside.
A 3-4 record heading into the Holiday Break would be respectable for the Pirates given all the talent they graduated, in my opinion.
Emerson-Hubbard still has some girls that can play, and I think the Pirates are holding their own in a lot of ways.
Emerson-Hubbard has beaten the teams they were supposed to and lost big to the good teams so the Pirates are doing about as well as they can I would say.
If the Pirates can figure out a way to at least compete with Ponca, I think that would be good improvement for this ball club.
If Emerson-Hubbard can hang with the Indians they should be able to blowout Winside. If the Pirates get blown out by Ponca then I think the game with the Wildcats could be closer than some expect.
Win or lose Friday, as long as there's improvement shown on Emerson-Hubbard's part, that should be something to keep building on for future games.
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