The Winnebago Boys beat Guardian Angels Central Catholic 96-53 at home Friday night in the regular season finale before winning 84-47 over Fort Calhoun in the C1-6 Sub-District Semifinals at Oakland-Craig Tuesday night.
The Indians have rolled right along as they've continued to play great basketball.
Head Coach Jeff Berridge says losing to Ponca really allowed his team to refocus. "Yes that loss helped us realize that we are human and that they need to work hard to become what they dream of State Champs. We are refocused and ready."
Berridge adds his team is very diverse on offense. "We play fast and shoot the ball a lot, it helps cause we are a shooting team any of my rotation can knock down the 3. David is a big factor in are team on both sides of the court, he can do what he wants when he wants. When we need big time buckets he is always there to make them but the supporting cast is always ready for their shots cause people are so focused on stopping him leaves them open more to shoot."
The Raiders knocked off Arlington 65-62 in the Sub-District Semifinals Tuesday night.
Berridge says his squad has to play their game. "Playing Winnebago Basketball we do that we will win."
LV/SS is a solid team, and I would say slowing down Ben Moxness and Jacob Polk is the key to beating the Raiders.
Moxness and Polk have done most of the damage for LV/SS this year, and if the Indians can hold them both under their averages they should be good to go.
Winnebago can't fall asleep on Alex Hagerbaumer or Alex VonSeggern though as both had breakout games against the Eagles.
The Indians are more of an offensive team while it could be argued that the Raiders' strength is their defense.
With that said, both teams have been able to adjust to different teams this year so it will be interesting to see if both can adapt to one another Thursday night.
I don't expect Winnebago to have any trouble adapting to LV/SS's style of play if they can't get out and run, but the Indians have to get out and run as much as possible.
The more Winnebago can speed up the game and play up tempo, the better off they will be.
The Indians just have to go out and play their game and have fun like they have all season.
Wingett has to throw some dunks to electrify the crowd, and Drake Gorrin, D'Von Lapointe, Cedrick Blackdeer, and Manape Cleveland have to play their roles well as well and knock down perimeter jump shots.
Winnebago just has to get out there and play Rez ball and do their thing.
You can bet the Indians will get the Raiders' best shot, but in the end Winnebago should prevail.
As good as Moxness is, I don't think he's quite as good as Wingett.
And Polk is a very good player too, but the Indians have multiple stars whereas LV/SS just has a couple.
Berridge says these types of games bring out the best in his team. "Competitive environment always helps make us better, it should be a fun run and looking forward to it."
Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.
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