The North Bend Central Girls are 4-0 in their last four games, beating Oakland-Craig 53-49 at home last Friday night, Arlington 55-15 at home last Saturday, and Wisner-Pilger 36-31 at home Thursday night, and 42-33 at the East Husker Conference Tournament at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Friday night.
North Bend Central jumped out to a 12-2 lead on the Knights at the end of one. The Knights outscored the Tigers 18-12 in the second quarter to make it a 24-20 game at halftime.
North Bend Central outlasted Oakland-Craig 11-8 in the third quarter to go up 35-28 at the end of three.
The Knights won the fourth quarter 21-18.
Alex Humlicek paced the Tigers with 16 points. Kristin Lux added 12 while Lauren Emanuel and Brooke Fredrickson totaled 10 and 8, respectively.
The Tigers led the Eagles 17-4 after one, and outscored Arlington 18-4 in the second quarter to take a 35-8 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central tripled up the Eagles 9-3 in the third quarter to go up 44-11 after three.
The Tigers outlasted Arlington 11-4 in the fourth quarter.
In the first matchup between the two teams, North Bend Central led the Gators 10-4 at the end of one. The Tigers outscored Wisner-Pilger 12-8 in the second quarter to take a 22-12 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central won the third quarter 11-9 to go up 33-21 at the end of three.
The Gators outlasted the Tigers 10-3 in the fourth quarter.
In the second meeting, North Bend Central led 13-10 at the end of one. Both teams scored 11 points in the second quarter, and the halftime score was 24-21 in favor of the Tigers.
North Bend Central tripled up Wisner-Pilger 12-4 in the third quarter to lead 36-25 at the end of three.
The Gators won the fourth quarter 8-6.
I think the Tigers are playing great basketball right now, at least from a defensive standpoint. North Bend Central appears to have things going.
The Tigers (12-4) battle Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (15-3) in the winner's bracket of the East Husker Conference Tournament in Stanton Monday night.
The Bulldogs downed Madison 59-16 at home in the opening round of the tournament Friday night.
The whole key to this game is scoring, in my opinion.
Both teams defend well, but I feel North Bend Central might be at a disadvantage offensively.
As good as the Tigers have been lately, they still struggle to score.
I think North Bend Central is going to need to at least get in the 50's to be able to knock off Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.
The Tigers have to hit their easy shots and free throws. North Bend Central has to execute their halfcourt offense, and limit turnovers.
The Tigers also need to crank up the intensity on defense by pressuring the ball, contesting shots, and boxing out and rebounding well.
North Bend Central has to want this game more than the Bulldogs. The Tigers have to play their hearts out, and leave everything out on the floor.
There shouldn't be an ounce of energy left in these girls' tanks after Monday night's game. North Bend Central should expend all the energy they have in this game.
I'm sure the Tigers would like another shot at Stanton after losing to them in overtime earlier in the season.
We'll see who North Bend Central matches up with after Monday night's game. I don't think the Tigers would mind playing West Point-Beemer either as North Bend Central beat the Cadets pretty handily earlier this season.
We're getting down to the nitty gritty, and the good news for North Bend Central is they are playing good basketball at the moment.
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