The Stanton Boys lost 62-54 to Oakland-Craig in the opening round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Saturday night.
The Knights led 22-15 at the end of one before outscoring the Mustangs 16-10 in the second quarter to take a 38-25 lead into the locker room.
Stanton won the third quarter 14-12 to make it a 50-39 game at the end of three.
The Mustangs also won the fourth quarter 15-12.
Trey Erbst led the way with 13 points while Hunter Stallbaum totaled 12 points and 10 rebounds. Myles Nickolite notched 7 points while Marcus Spotanski registered 9 rebounds.
Stanton (3-14) takes on Pender (4-14) in a consolation game of the tournament at Howells-Dodge Friday night.
The Pendragons lost 66-48 to BRLD in the first round of the tournament at Genoa Saturday night.
This should be a good and interesting game between the Mustangs and Pender. It will be interesting to see which team is more motivated and wants to be there more.
From a talent standpoint, Stanton should win, but you never know what might happen.
The Mustangs get the Pendragons again on Saturday, February 11th at home so either way it's going to be tough for Stanton to beat Pender again, in my opinion.
The Mustangs have four very winnable games prior to sub-districts though, and this is one of them.
Stanton could really use a four-game winning streak heading into sub-districts.
The Mustangs honestly shouldn't lose any of their last four regular season games, but given the way this season has gone, you never know what is going to happen.
Stanton has to stay motivated and has to really want to win these last four regular season games.
It has been a difficult year for the Mustangs, but perhaps Stanton can get on a roll here at the end of the regular season and make a postseason run.
It's never too late to get things going, and the Mustangs have to remain positive and be willing to learn.
Stanton needs to get off to a strong start and finish well Friday night.
The Mustangs need a win in a big way to snap this five-game losing streak they are on.
Stanton has competed well at times this year, but has really struggled at others so it will be interesting to see which team comes to play Friday night.
The Stanton Girls topped West Point-Beemer 41-16 in the East Husker Conference Quarterfinals at home Monday night.
The Mustangs jumped out to a 13-2 lead after one and doubled up the Cadets 14-7 in the second quarter to take a 27-9 lead into the locker room.
West Point-Beemer won the third quarter 5-4 to make it a 31-14 game at the end of three.
Stanton outscored the Cadets 10-2 in the fourth quarter.
Bree Burtwhistle posted 20 points and 10 rebounds, good enough for a double-double. MacKenzie Brandl and Jessie Brandl added 7 points apiece.
This might of been the Mustangs' strongest performance of the season so far.
Stanton (17-1) takes on North Bend Central (13-4) in the tournament semifinals Thursday night.
The Tigers defeated Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 53-42 in the quarterfinals at Stanton Monday night.
These two teams met back on December 13th with the Mustangs winning 43-37 in overtime.
I feel Stanton is a much better team than they were in the early season, but I think North Bend Central is also better now than they were then.
This should be a great game between two great teams.
The Mustangs are the odds on favorite to win by a slight margin I would say, but upsets happen all the time in high school basketball, and one could certainly take place in this game.
With that said, Stanton is a great team, and I don't look for things to come easy for North Bend Central.
Both teams are great defensively, and have decent offenses as well.
Both teams really played well on Monday so that's another reason why I think this will be a great game.
There figures to be high drama Thursday night given what is at stake. I look for the game to be decided by 5 points or less, and perhaps go to overtime.
The Mustangs need big games out of Burtwhistle and both Brandl's.
These girls know each other very well from playing each other in Volleyball and Basketball over the years, and I think that adds to the intrigue of this game.
It should be a great night of high school basketball Thursday night, and I invite you to listen to me call the games on 107.9 the Bull.
The game will start after the Howells-Dodge and Pender game, which is set to start at 6:00 p.m.
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