The West Point-Beemer Boys beat Wisner-Pilger 41-38 in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Howells-Dodge Saturday night on a Cole Hughes' buzzer beating three pointer.
The Gators led 11-9 after one before winning the second quarter 13-12 to go up 24-21 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Cadets turned a 26-23 deficit into a 33-26 lead by going on a 10-0 run. West Point-Beemer led 33-29 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger won the fourth quarter 9-8, but that was overshadowed by Hughes' buzzer beater.
Chase Streeter paced the Cadets with 22 points and 8 rebounds. Hughes added 8 points.
Head Coach Cody Bobolz.
"We got in some major foul trouble, and that's the way it goes. Physical, and our guys did a good job. The first time around Wisner really outphysicaled us, and I thought we matched it. Did a good job on their big kids in the middle, even with foul trouble. That's a credit to some guys coming off the bench too."
This was a nice win for West Point-Beemer. The Cadets avenged an earlier season loss to the Gators.
West Point-Beemer (8-10) advances to play North Bend Central (11-3) at North Bend in the winner's bracket Tuesday night at 6:00.
Bobolz says things won't come easy against the Tigers. "That's going to be a challenge. We played them back second week of December, and they put it to us pretty good. And it'll definitely be a challenge. I know our kids will be up for it. And it'll be a game where we got nothing to lose. We'll go in there with everything we've got and see what happens."
North Bend Central downed West Point-Beemer 71-30 at home on December 8th.
This figures to be another tough game for the Cadets. The Tigers knocked off Wisner-Pilger 63-40 at home Thursday night.
I don't know if West Point-Beemer is going to be able to knock off North Bend Central, but the Cadets ought to be feeling pretty good about themselves after the win over the Gators.
The fact West Point-Beemer is in this winner's bracket game is something in itself.
The Cadets play strong defense, and I think West Point-Beemer's D can keep them in the game.
I just don't know if the Cadets are going to have enough offense to knock off and upset the Tigers.
Arlington beat North Bend Central though so anything can happen.
It's going to take a monumental effort for West Point-Beemer to beat North Bend Central, in my opinion, given the fact the Tigers are the defending champs, but anything is possible.
The Cadets have to do what they can to hang around until the fourth quarter.
If West Point-Beemer can keep this game close, and even hold a lead during the game, that might be good enough for the Cadets to pull off the upset.
Tuesday night's game can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
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