The Pender Boys lost 66-48 to BRLD in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Genoa Saturday night.
The Wolverines held a 15-9 lead at the end of one before outscoring the Pendragons 17-13 in the second quarter to take a 32-22 lead into the locker room.
BRLD outlasted Pender 17-11 in the second quarter to go up 49-33 at the end of three.
The Wolverines won the fourth quarter 17-15.
I thought the Pendragons actually competed pretty well for the most part.
Pender (4-14) takes on Stanton (3-14) in a consolation game of the tournament Friday night in Howells.
The Mustangs lost 62-54 to Oakland-Craig in the first round of the tournament at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Saturday night.
This is an interesting game to me. I think Stanton is a better team than their record indicates, yet the Pendragons have the better record.
Pender and the Mustangs will meet again on Saturday, February 11th in Stanton so the Pendragons get two cracks at Stanton.
I think Pender's chances of picking up a win over the Mustangs are better in this game than they will be on the 11th of February.
I say that because I don't know how motivated Stanton will be in this game.
The Mustangs will still be tough, in my opinion, but I think the Pendragons are capable of winning.
I don't think Pender will get blown out given how they have been playing lately.
The Pendragons have been more competitive in recent games, and quite honestly aren't that bad of a team in my mind.
I feel there's still room for improvement with this team, but I think Pender is getting better and improving every night out.
The Pendragons are going to have to play really well to knock off Stanton, but I think Pender is fully capable of getting the job done.
The Pendragons' defense has to be on though. If there's any area of Pender's game that concerns me, it's on the defensive end of the floor.
The Mustangs are on sometimes offensively and off at other times so it's hard saying if the Pendragons will be able to slow down Stanton's offense or not.
The Pender Girls topped Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 57-33 at home in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament Friday night before downing Tekamah-Herman 56-42 in the quarterfinals at Howells Monday night.
The Pendragons jumped out to a 24-10 lead on the Raiders at the end of one. LV/SS won the second quarter 10-9 to make it a 33-20 game at halftime.
Pender outscored the Raiders 11-8 in the third quarter to lead 44-28 at the end of three.
The Pendragons outlasted LV/SS 13-5 in the fourth quarter.
Kam Anderson had a game-high 22 points while Hallie Ballinger and Amber English notched 8 points and 7 rebounds, respectively.
The Pendragons got out to a 14-8 lead on the Tigers after one. Both teams scored 13 points in the second quarter, and the score at halftime was 27-21 in favor of Pender.
The Tigers outscored the Pendragons 11-7 in the third quarter to make it a 34-32 game at the end of three.
Pender saved their best for last, outscoring Tekamah-Herman 22-10 in the fourth quarter.
English had a team-high 19 points to lead the Pendragons. Michaela Wegner added 18 while Anderson totaled 8. Ballinger chipped in 7.
Head Coach Larry Ballinger says the Pendragons have to do better. "I don't know what to say. We just didn't do a whole lot of good things. And we play like this Thursday night we're going to be getting thumped."
Ballinger wasn't pleased with his teams effort. "We just kind of come out flat. Didn't do a whole lot of things good on defense, press, offense. It was pretty lackluster all night long until the end. And I think they got tired more than us doing anything good."
Pender (16-4) takes on Howells-Dodge (17-2) in Howells in the tournament semifinals Thursday night.
The Jaguars downed BRLD 56-25 in the quarterfinals Monday night.
Howells-Dodge also beat the Pendragons 55-45 in Pender on January 21st.
It's never easy to beat a team twice in a season although the Jaguars made that theory look wrong with their win over the Wolverines.
And this game is in Howells this time around so it figures to be even more difficult this time around for the Pendragons.
Pender has to play their best game of the season to come out on top. And the Pendragons can definitely win, but they have to play well and out of their minds.
Pender has to try and prevent the Jaguars' big guns from doing too much damage.
Four girls were in double figures for Howells-Dodge Monday night, and the Pendragons simply cannot afford to let that happen to them too if they want to win this time around.
It's not going to be easy for Pender to beat the Jaguars, but it's definitely possible.
Both of these teams are veteran laden and know what it takes to win, and that should make for a great game to call Thursday night.
I'm very humbled, honored, and fired up to call this game. I look forward to an action packed game and a loud gym.
The Pendragons have to play their hearts out and play with a lot of guts as well.
Pender can't be afraid to dive after loose balls and fight, scrap, and claw for rebounds.
I look for this game to be an all out street fight between two very good teams, and elite basketball should be on display Thursday night.
Join me for the broadcast of the game, which is set to start at 6:00 p.m. on 107.9 the Bull.
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