The Emerson-Hubbard Boys Basketball Team is 0-3 on the season so far as the Pirates lost 70-34 at Wisner-Pilger last Friday night in the 1st round of the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic, 56-39 to GACC in the consolation game of the Classic at home on Saturday, and 65-25 at home to BRLD Tuesday night.
The Gators led the Pirates 15-4 after one, and outscored Emerson-Hubbard 18-7 in the 2nd quarter to go up 33-11 at halftime.
Wisner-Pilger won the 3rd quarter 19-13 to go up 52-24 at the end of three.
The Gators put up 18 points in the fourth quarter and held the Pirates to 10.
Joshua Sebade had 10 points and 9 rebounds while Jacob Kneifl registered 7 points and 8 rebounds.
Emerson-Hubbard led the Bluejays 14-12 at the end of one. GACC outscored the Pirates 17-2 in the 2nd quarter to take a 29-16 lead at halftime.
Emerson-Hubbard won the 3rd quarter 10-8 to make it a 37-26 game at the end of three.
The Bluejays notched 19 points in the 4th quarter compared to 13 for the Pirates.
Kneifl led the way with 11 points while Sebade and Chandler Emmons notched 10 and 8, respectively.
Emerson-Hubbard competed well with GACC I thought, the Pirates just really struggled against Wisner-Pilger and BRLD.
Emerson-Hubbard (0-3) hosts Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (3-0) Friday night.
The Bears defeated Homer 76-56 at home Tuesday night.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge may be 3-0, but I don't think the Bears have really played anyone good yet.
I think the Pirates have a chance to compete and hold their own.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is a very good offensive team, but suspect defensively, in my opinion.
I look for Emerson-Hubbard to have their highest scoring output of the season so far.
The Pirates have struggled defensively so Emerson-Hubbard may give up some points, but I look for the Pirates to score quite a few points as well.
I don't know if Emerson-Hubbard will win, but I look for this game to be one of the Pirates' closer games of the season.
If Emerson-Hubbard can compete the way they did against GACC, only play 4 good quarters of basketball, and not have any bad quarters, then Friday night's game could be very interesting.
The Pirates just have to play to the best of their ability, and step up their game.
I think playing teams like the Gators and Wolverines is only going to help Emerson-Hubbard in this game.
I feel both Wisner-Pilger and BRLD are better than Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, and don't think the Bears will be quite as tough to contend with as those two.
The Pirates have to play their game, and play at the highest level possible.
Emerson-Hubbard has to give a complete team effort, and has to fight and play hard for 4 quarters.
The Pirates have to be relentless in their pursuit of picking up their first win.
Emerson-Hubbard has to want it more than the Bears, and must play like they mean it.
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls Basketball Team is also 0-3 on the season as the Pirates lost 64-23 at GACC last Thursday night in the 1st round of the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic, 49-27 to Wisner-Pilger in the Classic's Consolation Game on Saturday and 50-36 at home to BRLD Tuesday night.
The Bluejays led the Pirates 19-11 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 15-10 to lead 34-21 at halftime.
GACC outscored Emerson-Hubbard 15-2 in the 3rd quarter to take a 49-23 lead at the end of three.
The Bluejays blanked the Pirates 15-0 in the 4th quarter.
Courtney Bokemper had 8 points and 10 rebounds while Melanie Gentrup and Taylor Lamp registered 8 points and 7 rebounds, respectively.
The Gators quadrupled up the Pirates 12-3 after one, and tripled up Emerson-Hubbard 15-5 in the 2nd quarter to take a 27-8 lead into the locker room.
Wisner-Pilger doubled up the Pirates 10-5 in the 3rd quarter to go up 37-13 at the end of three.
Emerson-Hubbard notched 14 fourth quarter points compared to 12 for the Gators.
Bokemper led the way with 9 points while Gentrup totaled 8 points and 7 rebounds.
The Wolverines doubled up the Pirates 10-5 in the 1st quarter. Both teams scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter, and the halftime score was 27-22 in favor of BRLD.
The Wolverines outscored Emerson-Hubbard 14-6 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 41-28 at the end of three.
BRLD won the 4th quarter 9-8.
Gentrup notched 17 points while Addison Mackling recorded 9. Bokemper chipped in 7 rebounds.
I thought the Pirates did a better job of competing against the Wolverines. Scoring and defense is an issue for Emerson-Hubbard right now though I would say.
The Pirates (0-3) host Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (1-2) Friday night.
The Bears won 47-44 at home over Homer Tuesday night.
I think Emerson-Hubbard has a really good chance to pick up their first win of the season.
If the Pirates can hold Laurel-Concord-Coleridge under 50 points and score over 50 themselves that would be really good.
The bottomline though is to win, and it doesn't matter how it happens, as long as it happens.
Gentrup, Mackling, and Bokemper all need to have big games for Emerson-Hubbard.
The Pirates need all three of them to score 7+ to ensure a win I would say.
Emerson-Hubbard has done a nice job getting a couple girls to knock down shots and score quite a few points, now it's matter of getting more girls to do the same.
The Pirates only have 8 girls out for the team so I realize that handcuffs them so to speak, but that just means Emerson-Hubbard has to step up their game even more.
I'm sure it's hard for the Pirates to stay fresh and not be worn out by the end of games, but at the end of the day Emerson-Hubbard has to make do with what they've got.
The Pirates have to step things up, and continue to grow and improve.
Each game has been better so far, and so Emerson-Hubbard has to keep getting better and continue to narrow the gap.
The star players on this team have to pick up the rest of the team and hold them accountable during practice and in games.
Everyone has to continue to raise their level of play, and must keep progressing and moving forward.
The Pirates have to really try and get this one. It's their best chance at a win so far this year, and so the need to play at a really high level, with a lot of desire, and a sense of urgency is super critical, in my opinion.
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