The BRLD Boys are 2-2 in their last four games as they beat Wakefield 67-62 in overtime on the road last Thursday night, fell 71-54 at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family last Friday night, beat Stanton 51-42 at home on Saturday, and fell 87-43 at Winnebago Thursday night.
The Wolverines led the Trojans 9-7 after one. Wakefield doubled up BRLD 18-9 in the second quarter to take a 25-18 lead into the locker room.
The Trojans outscored the Wolverines 20-13 in the third quarter to go up 45-31 at the end of three.
BRLD outlasted Wakefield 25-11 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
The Wolverines outscored the Trojans 11-6 in the extra session.
Kenyan Lovejoy posted a game-high 16 points and 7 rebounds while Trent Gatewood added 15 points. Montana Riecken and Will Gatzemeyer totaled 12 and 9, respectively.
The Bulldogs went up 18-11 on BRLD at the end of one. The Wolverines won the second quarter 18-14 to make it a 32-29 game at halftime in favor of Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.
The game got away from BRLD in the second half as the Bulldogs outscored the Wolverines 20-14 in the third quarter to go up 52-43 at the end of three, and outlasted BRLD 19-11 in the fourth quarter.
Lovejoy notched a team-high 12 points while Gatewood chipped in 9.
The Wolverines led the Mustangs 10-7 after one. BRLD won the second quarter 17-15 to take a 27-22 lead into the locker room.
The Wolverines outscored Stanton 13-11 in the third quarter to go up 40-33 at the end of three.
BRLD outlasted the Mustangs. 11-9 in the fourth quarter.
Cole Christofferson totaled 12 points and 9 rebounds while Lovejoy came in with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Aaron Ras added 7 rebounds.
The Indians led 29-10 after one. Winnebago doubled up the Wolverines 24-12 in the second quarter to take a 53-22 lead into the locker room.
The Indians outscored BRLD 19-11 in the third quarter to go up 72-33 at the end of three.
Winnebago won the fourth quarter 15-10.
Christofferson notched a team-high 13 points while Jaxon Johnson registered 7.
The Wolverines ran into a buzzsaw Thursday night. Winnebago was no doubt pretty upset about their game prior to the contest with BRLD.
The Wolverines (11-6) take on Pender (4-13) in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament on Saturday in Genoa.
The Pendragons lost 77-59 at Madison Monday night, and have dropped five in a row and six out of their last seven.
This is a game BRLD should win, but if the Wolverines aren't ready to play, Pender could come away with the upset.
We'll see how quickly this team can bounce back because the loss to the Indians had to be a difficult one.
BRLD has to have a quick memory and forget about what happened against Winnebago.
The Wolverines can't let the results of that game affect their play in a negative way on Saturday.
If anything, BRLD has to use that game as fuel and motivation to play better basketball against the Pendragons.
I think the Wolverines are capable of making a run in this tournament, but BRLD has to play up to their potential and at a high level.
The Wolverines have to find a way to gain consistency with their play.
BRLD seems to win a couple of games then lose one.
The Wolverines will beat a good team and then lose to a tough team.
It's just so hard to predict how BRLD is going to do on a given night because it's hard to know what to expect out of the Wolverines.
You just don't know what you're going to get night in and night out from BRLD.
The Wolverines are a good team, in my opinion, but to become great and elite, BRLD has to consistently beat good teams night in and night out.
I'm not saying the Wolverines have to beat a team like Winnebago, because the Indians are a very great and elite team, but BRLD should be able to consistently beat teams like West Point-Beemer and Mead.
I'm not saying those are terrible losses, because those teams are very respectable, but those are a couple of games I felt the Wolverines let get away.
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