The North Bend Central Boys continue their winning ways, topping West Point-Beemer 71-30 at home Thursday night, and Stanton 64-43 on the road Tuesday night.
North Bend Central doubled up the Cadets 18-9 in the first quarter.
The Tigers outscored West Point-Beemer 23-5 in the second quarter to lead 41-14 at the half.
North Bend Central won the third quarter 10-8 to make it a 51-22 game at the end of three.
The Tigers notched 20 points in the fourth quarter and held the Cadets to 8 to make up the final score.
Jake Wietfeld had a game-high 21 points for North Bend Central while Tanner Wietfeld totaled 18. Matt Ortmeier added 12 while John Emanuel recorded 8.
Head Coach Jon Baehr.
"West Point does a nice job. Their coach does a really nice job of preparing them. And we kind of came out really locked in. And I thought we did a great job on that defensive end, and I thought that led us to our offense, which was really important for our guys."
Baehr's boys had a strong showing Thursday night.
"We got a bunch of kids that really enjoy playing, and it shows up on the court, which is really fun to see."
North Bend Central (4-0) takes on Pender (1-3) on the road Friday night.
The Pendragons lost 40-39 at home to Allen Monday night.
The Tigers shouldn't have much trouble with Pender whatsoever.
North Bend Central is a great team who is having another great season while the Pendragons have still really struggled.
Pender is certainly capable of being competitive, but I look for this to be a 35-40 point win for the Tigers.
North Bend Central is playing great basketball right now, and the players are really gelling and meshing together nicely.
The Tigers are a veteran and experienced team, and I look for North Bend Central to be focused and not take the Pendragons lightly Friday night.
Any team can be beat if they're not focused and ready to play so the Tigers have to be ready to go from the opening tip.
But as I said, I fully expect North Bend Central to be ready and prepared.
Both Wietfeld's, Ortmeier, and Emanuel need to have strong offensive performances for the Tigers.
North Bend Central needs these players and others to produce to be successful.
Perhaps more important than offense though is defense.
The Tigers have to slow down Pender's scorers...Dylan Roth, James Bensen, and Tyler Nelson in particular.
All three of those players have scored in double figures this season so the last thing North Bend Central can allow is all three of them in double figures.
The schedule appears to be pretty favorable until the Holiday Tournament for the Tigers so North Bend Central shouldn't have much trouble taking care of the teams on their schedule from now until then.
I would be very surprised if the Tigers aren't 7-0 heading into the Holiday Tournament.
The North Bend Central Girls beat West Point-Beemer 54-31 at home Thursday night before losing 43-37 in overtime at Stanton Tuesday night.
The Tigers doubled up the Cadets 14-7 in the first quarter. North Bend Central won the second quarter 12-8 to take a 26-15 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers outscored West Point-Beemer 14-4 in the third quarter to go up 40-19 at the end of three.
North Bend Central put up 14 points in the fourth quarter compared to 12 for the Cadets.
Alex Humlicek paced the Tigers with 12 points while Kristin Lux and Brooke Fredrickson notched 10 and 8, respectively.
Head Coach Aaron Sterup.
"I thought our defense was pretty solid throughout. A few too many fouls for my liking, but if you're going to play pressure defense that's going to happen, and they've got some good ball handlers. So I thought for the most part I was pretty pleased with most areas of the game."
Sterup's girls didn't hit a three pointer...but he says that's not their game plan.
"I would say we're not a perimeter team by any means. We're going to get most of our points in the paint if possible. We can knock them down on occasion, but we'd much rather get the ball two feet away than twenty feet away."
North Bend Central (3-2) takes on Pender (4-0) on the road Friday night.
The Pendragons spanked Allen 65-22 at home Monday night.
Pender is the real deal, and the Tigers are going to have to play great basketball to knock them off, in my opinion.
North Bend Central has lost to a couple of quality teams in Twin River and Stanton, and the Pendragons are another one of those tough teams on the schedule.
So far, the Tigers have yet to beat the tough teams on their schedule, but North Bend Central has another chance to get the job done Friday night.
The Tigers have to be efficient on offense, and slow down Kamryn Anderson, Cecilee Jacobsen, and Hallie Ballinger, among others.
North Bend Central's offense is what is preventing them from becoming a great team, in my opinion.
The Tigers are great on defense, but really struggle to put the ball in the basket.
North Bend Central needs to become a more consistent offensive team to get over the hump, in my opinion.
We know the Tigers can defend, but I think it's going to take an outstanding offensive performance for North Bend Central to win Friday night.
This isn't going to be an easy game for the Tigers by any stretch of the imagination, but North Bend Central is capable of going up there and coming away with a win.
The Tigers have this game with the Pendragons Friday night and a home game with Raymond Central next Thursday so I think how North Bend Central performs in these next two games will tell a lot about this team before their Holiday Tournament.
Sometimes the difference between being a great team and a good, or average, or OK team is winning close games.
And so far the Tigers have lost their close games so North Bend Central certainly has some work to do in that area if they want to become a great team.
Friday night's game should be a matchup between two great teams going at it hard. I look for the game to be a lot like the Tigers' game with Stanton.
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