The BRLD Boys are 2-2 in their last four games, falling 48-43 at home to Ponca on Thursday, December 22nd before beating Homer 66-24 in the first round of the GACC Holiday Tournament on Thursday, and losing 49-41 to the host Bluejays in the championship game on Friday. The Wolverines topped Cedar Bluffs 74-30 at home Tuesday night.
The Indians led 11-7 after one. Ponca outscored BRLD 18-7 in the second quarter to take a 29-14 lead into the locker room.
The Indians won the third quarter 13-11 to go up 42-25 at the end of three.
The Wolverines tripled up Ponca 18-6 in the fourth quarter.
Kenyan Lovejoy posted a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds while Trent Gatewood and Montana Riecken notched 9 and 8 points, respectively.
BRLD tripled up the Knights 21-7 in the first quarter. The Wolverines won the second quarter 16-6 to go up 37-13 at halftime.
BRLD outscored Homer 19-6 in the third quarter to lead 56-19 at the end of three.
The Wolverines doubled up the Knights 10-5 in the fourth quarter.
Cole Christofferson had a team-high 10 points while Lovejoy, Jaxon Johnson, and Darwin Snyder had 9 points apiece. Lovejoy added 10 rebounds.
BRLD held a 10-7 lead on GACC after one. The Bluejays outscored the Wolverines 17-10 in the second quarter to take a 24-20 lead into the locker room.
BRLD bounced back in the third quarter, winning the frame 14-8 to go up 34-32 at the end of three.
GACC erupted in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Wolverines 17-7 to seal the deal.
Nolan Plagge notched a game-high 16 points for the Bluejays (4-5) while Mitch Haas and Landon Stalp added 13 and 8, respectively.
The Wolverines were led by Riecken, who amassed 12 points and 8 rebounds. Aaron Ras added 10 while Lovejoy and Gatewood registered 8 points and 7 rebounds, and 7 points, respectively.
BRLD led the Wildcats 14-9 after one. The Wolverines won the second quarter 19-10 to take a 33-19 lead into the locker room.
BRLD outscored Cedar Bluffs 22-4 in the third quarter to go up 55-23 at the end of three.
The Wolverines outlasted the Wildcats 19-7 in the fourth quarter.
Lovejoy posted 18 points and 8 rebounds to lead the team while Christofferson and Ras chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively. Wyatt Hennig added 9 points while Johnson and Gatewood recorded 7 apiece.
BRLD has continued to play good basketball for the most part. The first three quarters of the Ponca game were rough though.
The Wolverines (6-2) take on Tekamah-Herman (0-7) on the road Friday night.
The Tigers lost 50-38 to Friend in a consolation game of the Nebraska Wesleyan Holiday Tournament on Thursday.
BRLD should have no troubles with the Tigers whatsoever, but the Wolverines have to come ready to play for four quarters.
BRLD learned the hard way what not coming to play can result in when they lost to Ponca.
The Wolverines have learned their lesson hopefully, and hopefully that will allow BRLD to play well Friday night.
This is one of those games where the Wolverines need to build a big lead and rest starters.
BRLD has their third game of the week on Saturday against West Point-Beemer so the Wolverines will need to be fresh and ready to go for that game.
BRLD has to make quick work of Tekamah-Herman. The last thing BRLD wants to find themselves in is a dogfight.
The Wolverines have a tough stretch of games coming up in the middle of this month so BRLD has to continue to get better and grow everyday to be ready for that gauntlet of games looming on the horizon.
The Wolverines have to remain focused and keep their eye on the prize, which is no doubt winning sub-districts and a district final and reaching state.
There's a lot left for BRLD to accomplish so the Wolverines have to keep plugging away and improving as a team.
BRLD has their work cut out for them down the stretch so dominating against teams like Tekamah-Herman is a must.
If you call yourself a championship team and a state contender, you put away teams like the Tigers early.
With this said, I look for the Wolverines to win in similar fashion to what they did on Tuesday. BRLD should have no trouble with Tekamah-Herman whatsoever.
I would be surprised if the Wolverines didn't finish the week 3-0.
The BRLD Girls are 3-2 in their last five games, losing 58-56 at home to Pender on Tuesday, December 20th, and beating Ponca 63-59 at home on Thursday, December 22nd, before losing 62-35 to GACC at the GACC Holiday Tournament on Thursday, but beating Homer 72-67 on Friday for third place. The Wolverines handled Cedar Bluffs 78-14 at home Tuesday night.
The Pendragons doubled up the Wolverines 18-9 in the first quarter. Pender won the second quarter 17-14 to take a 35-23 lead into the locker room.
BRLD outscored the Pendragons 21-5 in the third quarter to take the lead at 44-40 at the end of three.
Pender outlasted the Wolverines 18-12 in the fourth quarter.
Kelly Wakeley notched 17 points and 8 rebounds while Vicki Gatzemeyer totaled 15 points. Lexie Bacon added 7 points while Tess Nottleman recorded 7 rebounds.
BRLD led the Indians 21-16 after one. Ponca won the second quarter 20-16 to make it a 37-36 game at halftime in favor of the Wolverines.
The Indians outscored BRLD 15-10 in the third quarter to go in front 51-47 after three.
The Wolverines doubled up Ponca 16-8 in the fourth quarter.
Gatzemeyer totaled 20 points while Wakeley and Bacon notched 15 and 10, respectively. Paige Peters added 9.
Head Coach Rod Peters' Wolverines pulled out the win.
"I knew they were a very well coached team. Bob Hayes he coached the boys for a long time. And they've got some nice athletes on their team too. So the one thing I thought they did a really good job of, they did a really good job of rebounding. If you were watching the game here we didn't rebound very well."
Peters.
"We thought we might be able to get a few more turnovers than we did. Unfortunately that didn't happen. So then we actually backed off our 1-3-1 a little bit, and played a little bit lower. And they just weren't willing to take that open shot on the outside. We kind of took away their inside game, and I thought we made a few adjustments in that fourth quarter and did a really nice job."
GACC spurted out to an 8-0 lead and led the Wolverines 18-9 after one. The Bluejays won the second quarter 19-12 to go up 37-21 at halftime.
GACC outscored BRLD 13-2 in the third quarter to lead 50-23 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
The Wolverines were led by Bacon and Wakeley, who had 9 points apiece. Gatzemeyer added 8. Tiahna Bonneau chipped in 7 rebounds.
The Knights held a 24-22 lead on BRLD after one. The Wolverines outscored Homer 17-11 in the second quarter to go up 39-35 at halftime.
BRLD won the third quarter 19-18 to make it a 58-53 game after three.
Both teams scored 14 points in the fourth quarter.
Wakeley led the way with 16 points while Gatzemeyer added 15. Bacon and Nottleman contributed 13 and 10, respectively, while Peters had 8. Bonneau added 7 rebounds.
The Wolverines jumped out to a 25-1 lead on the Wildcats after one. BRLD outscored Cedar Bluffs 27-6 in the second quarter to take a 52-7 lead into the locker room.
The Wolverines tripled up the Wildcats 12-4 in the third quarter to go up 64-11 at the end of three.
BRLD outlasted Cedar Bluffs 14-3 in the fourth quarter.
Nottleman had a game-high 16 points while Wakeley and Bacon contributed 12 apiece. Simonsen registered 7 points while Justice Johnson recorded 10 rebounds.
The Wolverines appeared to be in a bit of a funk in the Holiday Tournament, but got back on track against Cedar Bluffs.
BRLD (7-2) takes on Tekamah-Herman (1-8) on the road Friday night.
The Tigers lost 49-38 at Omaha Roncalli Tuesday night.
Tekamah-Herman has really struggled this season, but I feel like the Tigers are a better team than what they've shown so far.
You can bet Tekamah-Herman will give the Wolverines their best shot and all they can handle, especially with the game being in Tekamah.
BRLD has two games this weekend they should win, but things don't figure to be easy with both contests being on the road.
The Wolverines have to build off the momentum they gained with Tuesday night's win, and use it to find even more success Friday night.
Wakeley, Bacon, Gatzemeyer, Nottleman, Peters, and others have to play at a high level for BRLD.
Tekamah-Herman has been a strong defensive team so far this season, but their offense has really struggled.
The Wolverines' defense hadn't been as good as it was to start the season until Tuesday night, in my opinion. That was largely due to the competition I would say though.
This is a game BRLD should win by 20. The Tigers are a scary 1-8 team though so the Wolverines have to be prepared and ready to play.
It appears getting back in the gym and practicing really helped these girls prior to Tuesday's game so hopefully a couple more days of practice will do BRLD even more good.
I look for the Wolverines to win Friday night's game against Tekamah-Herman and Saturday's game against West Point-Beemer.
It's just hard to go against BRLD in either contest based on records.
You can bet the Wolverines will get both teams' best shot though. BRLD is going to have to earn these wins, they're not just going to be handed to them.
Friday night's game is the first of four in a row on the road for the Wolverines.
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