The Pender Boys are 1-4 in their last five games, winning 49-37 at Clarkson/Leigh on Thursday, December 15th, losing 69-17 to Hartington Cedar Catholic in the first round of the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout at Wayne State last Wednesday, 54-43 to O'Neill St. Mary's at the Shootout on Thursday, 51-36 to Norfolk Catholic at the Shootout on Friday, and 64-34 at home to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Tuesday night.
The Pendragons led the Patriots 13-9 at the end of one. Pender doubled up Clarkson/Leigh 20-10 in the second quarter to take a 33-19 lead into the locker room.
The Patriots won the third quarter 11-9 to make it a 42-30 game after three.
Both teams scored 7 points in the fourth quarter.
The Trojans led the Pendragons 24-4 at the end of one. Hartington Cedar Catholic outscored Pender 28-3 in the second quarter to take a 52-7 lead into the locker room.
The Trojans won the third quarter 13-2 to go up 65-9 at the end of three.
The Pendragons doubled up Hartington Cedar Catholic 8-4 in the fourth quarter.
Pender led the Cardinals 14-10 at the end of one. O'Neill St. Mary's won the second quarter 13-9 to tie the game at 23 at halftime.
Both teams scored 9 points in the third quarter, and the score after three was 32 all.
The Cardinals doubled up the Pendragons 22-11 in the fourth quarter.
The Knights held a 22-6 lead on Pender at the end of one. The Pendragons won the second quarter 10-9 to make it a 31-16 game at halftime.
Pender outscored Norfolk Catholic 9-4 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 10 at 35-25 after three.
The Knights put up 16 points in the fourth quarter compared to 11 for the Pendragons.
The Bulldogs went up 17-6 at the end of one. Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family outscored Pender 24-9 in the second quarter to take a 41-15 lead into the locker room.
The Bulldogs won the third quarter 13-8 to go up 54-23 at the end of three.
The Pendragons notched 11 points in the fourth quarter compared to 10 for Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.
Pender did a good job hanging around with O'Neill St. Mary's and Norfolk Catholic, and beating Clarkson/Leigh, but the Hartington Cedar Catholic and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family games were simply tough.
The Pendragons (2-7) take on Emerson-Hubbard (0-9) in the Bob Clough Post Holiday Tournament in Homer on Friday.
The Pirates lost 62-50 to Elgin Public/Pope John in the Madison Holiday Tournament Consolation game on Friday.
Emerson-Hubbard hasn't had much success this year, but they Pirates are still capable of playing well and putting a good game together against Pender.
Joshua Sebade, Taylor Donner, and Jacob Kneifl are players to watch out for for the Pirates.
I look at this game the way I looked at the Allen game. It's a game the Pendragons should win, but yet Emerson-Hubbard has to feel they have a chance.
Pender has to come out and play well on both ends of the floor. The Pendragons need to get out in transition, and find ways to manufacture points, while limiting the Pirates' transition opportunities.
Pender has to play smart, but aggressive offense and defense.
These are the types of games the Pendragons can't afford to lose. Emerson-Hubbard is a team Pender should be able to beat and take care of business against.
I thought the same thing with Allen, yet the Eagles won, so the Pendragons have to come out and play their game and play better.
Pender's players have to play with confidence and swagger. The Pendragons have to believe in their minds that they are the better team, and go out and show it.
Pender honestly should play with a bit of a chip on their shoulder given what's happened in recent games.
Here the Pendragons are with a chance to play in the championship of the Bob Clough Tournament.
If Pender can take care of business against and beat Emerson-Hubbard, they will playing for a tournament championship.
That's all you can really ask for at this point if you are the Pendragons.
Tip-off is set for 6:15 p.m. in Homer.
The Pender Girls are 5-2 in their last seven games, beating Clarkson/Leigh 51-33 on the road on Thursday, December 15th, BRLD on the road on Tuesday, December 20th, Winnebago 74-36 at Ralston Arena on Thursday, December 22nd, and Hartington Cedar Catholic 56-50 last Wednesday at the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout in Wayne, before falling 44-39 to O'Neill St. Mary's in the Shootout on Thursday, and beating Norfolk Catholic 53-47 in the Shootout on Friday. The Pendragons fell 49-41 at home to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Tuesday night.
The Pendragons held a 19-6 lead on the Patriots at the end of one. Pender outscored Clarkson/Leigh 13-7 in the second quarter to take a 32-13 lead into the locker room.
The Pendragons won the third quarter 12-9 to go up 44-22 at the end of three.
The Patriots notched 11 points in the fourth quarter compared to 7 for Pender.
Kam Anderson led the way with 16 points while Amber English had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Hallie Ballinger contributed 9 points and 11 rebounds. Cecilee Jacobsen added 7 rebounds.
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.
Anderson managed a game-high 22 points while English had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jacobsen totaled 10 points while Ballinger added 9 rebounds.
Head Coach Larry Ballinger on the win.
"It was a good win. I really appreciated BRLD's effort. They got after it. That was a dog fight so that was a good game."
The Pendragons led the Indians 24-13 at the end of one. Pender won the second quarter 14-8 to go up 38-21 at halftime.
The Pendragons outscored Winnebago 20-7 in the third quarter to make it a 58-28 game at the end of three.
Pender doubled up the Indians 16-8 in the fourth quarter.
Anderson led the way with 26 points while English notched 15. Rylee Lehmkuhl and Faith Morris notched 7 apiece.
The Pendragons jumped out to a 12-5 lead on the Trojans at the end of one. Hartington Cedar Catholic won the second quarter 13-12 to make it a 24-18 game at halftime.
Ballinger totaled a game-high 22 points while Anderson and Jacobsen registered 14 and 10, respectively. Michaela Wegner added 9 rebounds.
Pender held a 13-8 lead on the Cardinals after one. O'Neill St. Mary's outscored the Pendragons 19-6 in the second quarter to go up 27-19 at halftime.
Pender won the third quarter 8-6 to make it a 33-27 game at the end of three.
The Pendragons outlasted the Cardinals 12-11 in the fourth quarter, but it was to no avail.
English had a team-high 12 points while Anderson totaled 8. Ballinger chipped in 7 points and 10 rebounds.
Pender led the Knights 14-12 at the end of one. The Pendragons outscored Norfolk Catholic 17-2 in the second quarter to take a 31-14 lead into the locker room.
The Knights won the third quarter 15-12 to make it a 43-29 game at the end of three.
Norfolk Catholic outscored Pender 18-10 in the fourth quarter.
Anderson poured in a game-high 26 points while English and Ballinger recorded 11 and 8, respectively.
The Pendragons led the Bulldogs 22-21 at halftime.
Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family won the third quarter 10-9 to make it a 31 all game at the end of three.
The Bulldogs outscored Pender 18-10 in the fourth quarter.
English had a team-high 11 points while Ballinger notched 9 points and 7 rebounds. Wegner added 8 while Anderson totaled 7. Jacobsen chipped in 10 rebounds.
The Pendragons are doing very well this year, but didn't finish against the Cardinals and Bulldogs, and so simply need to find a way to close out games against good teams a little bit better.
Pender (9-2) squares off with Homer (3-7) in the Bob Clough Post Holiday Tournament in Homer Thursday night.
The Knights won 45-32 at Randolph Tuesday night.
Homer may be 3-7, but the Knights have played really good basketball their last two games.
Homer only lost 72-67 to BRLD on Friday, and given that and the fact the Knights beat Randolph, Homer should have the Pendragons' attention.
Pender can't afford to come out and take the Knights lightly. The Pendragons need to play well from the get go, and go full throttle for four quarters.
I think Pender's lackadaisical play at times this year has finally caught up to them, and so now it's time to be focused and ready to go for four quarters.
It's January, and the time of year when the Pendragons want to start playing their best basketball.
Pender doesn't necessarily want to peak yet, but they want to get ready to make a run to state.
Every team goes through slumps, I get that, but the Pendragons have to do their best to get out of this little mink funk they are in.
Pender wants to correct mistakes in their play sooner rather than later, so the Pendragons need to fix things as soon as possible.
There's really not a lot to fix in Pender's play right now, maybe just a little bit better offense and focus though.
Scoring 39 and 41 points against teams like O'Neill St. Mary's and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family makes it tough to win.
The Pendragons have to come out with their hair on fire Thursday night. Pender has to come out and play hard for four quarters, and make a statement.
The Pendragons have already proven they are a great team, but there are just some things in their play that could be more consistent, in my opinion.
That being their offense, focus, and attention to detail.
It's time for Pender to quit messing around and get down to business.
Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. in Homer.
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