The Stanton Boys Basketball Team off to a 1-2 start as the Mustangs won 57-38 at Tekamah-Herman last Thursday night before falling 52-18 at home to Howells-Dodge last Friday night, and 48-24 at West Point-Beemer Tuesday night.
The Mustangs led Tekamah-Herman 12-7 after one, and outscored the Tigers 14-4 in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-11 lead into the locker room.
Stanton doubled up Tekamah-Herman 18-9 in the 3rd quarter to ho up 44-20 at the end of three.
The Tigers notched 18 points in the 4th quarter compared to 13 for the Mustangs.
The Jaguars led the Mustangs 14-4 at the end of one. Howells-Dodge won the 2nd quarter 12-5 to take a 26-9 lead into the locker room.
The Jaguars outscored Stanton 15-3 in the 3rd quarter to go up 41-12 lead at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge put up 11 4th quarter points compared to 6 for the Mustangs.
The Cadets and Mustangs were tied at 8 at the end of one. West Point-Beemer won the 2nd quarter 15-6 to go ahead 23-14 at halftime.
The Cadets outscored Stanton 14-4 in the 3rd quarter to lead 37-18 at the end of three.
West Point-Beemer notched 11 points in the 4th quarter compared to 6 for the Mustangs.
Stanton played a respectable season opener, but the offense really struggled against Howells-Dodge and West Point-Beemer.
The Mustangs (1-2) take on North Bend Central (3-0) on the road Tuesday night.
The Tigers won 65-56 at West Point-Beemer Thursday night.
North Bend Central has been impressive in the early season, and Stanton certainly has their work cut out for them in this one.
The Mustangs have to be better and more efficient on offense if they hope to have any chance in this one.
Stanton's defense also has to be top notch.
The Mustangs have to play a great and flawless game to come out with the W.
I think it's going to take a near perfect game for Stanton to pull off the upset.
The Mustangs have to play hard and out of their minds Tuesday night.
Stanton has to play fearless in this contest. The Mustangs have to play with a lot of courage and intensity, and take the fight right to the Tigers.
Stanton has to work hard for the full 32 minutes and play as well as they possibly can.
The Mustangs have to play with a sense of pride, purpose, tenacity, mental and physical toughness, grit, passion, fire, pride, and desire.
Stanton has to come out angry, pumped, jacked, psyched, and fired up, and must play beyond their abilities.
The Mustangs have to do things they never thought were possible when it comes to making plays.
Stanton has to get the most out of themselves in this one, and at the very least take some positive things away from this game that they can apply to the Wakefield and Pender games later in the week.
The Mustangs have to focus on slowing down Tanner Wietfeld, Austin Endorf, John Emanuel, and others.
Stanton has to go out there and pour their hearts out into the game and leave everything out on the floor.
The Stanton Girls Basketball Team is off to a 3-0 start as the Mustangs won 52-24 at Tekamah-Herman in last Thursday night's season opener before topping Howells-Dodge 56-50 at home last Friday night, and West Point-Beemer 33-30 on the road Tuesday night.
The Mustangs doubled up the Tigers 12-6 in the 1st quarter. Stanton outscored Tekamah-Herman 15-4 in the 2nd quarter to take a 27-10 lead into the locker room.
The Mustangs outscored the Tigers 17-7 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 44-17 game at the end of three.
Stanton won the 4th quarter 8-7.
Jaiden Hartl totaled 22 points while Hannah Heppner had 9. Jessie Brandl posted 8 points and 12 rebounds.
The Mustangs led 16-14 after one. Both teams scored 8 points in the 2nd quarter, and the halftime score was 24-22 in favor of Stanton.
The Mustangs outscored Howells-Dodge 15-8 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 39-30 at the end of three.
The Jaguars won the 4th quarter 20-17.
Liz Christensen had a team-high 20 points while Heppner notched 10 points and 12 rebounds. Brandl and Hartl registered 10 points each.
West Point-Beemer doubled up the Mustangs 8-4 in the 1st quarter. Stanton doubled up the Cadets 14-7 in the 2nd quarter to take an 18-15 lead into the locker room.
West Point-Beemer won the 3rd quarter 8-6 to make it a 24-23 game at the end of three.
The Mustangs outscored the Cadets 9-7 in the 4th quarter, and won the game in the final seconds as Megan Groth passed the ball inside instead of shooting a 3 at the buzzer like she should of.
Christensen tallied 9 points and 11 rebounds while Allie Spence totaled 9 points. Heppner added 7 points and 11 rebounds.
Very good start to the season for Stanton. I don't know where Bree Burtwhistle has been, but the Mustangs are playing very good basketball right now regardless.
Stanton (3-0) takes on North Bend Central (3-0) on the road Tuesday night.
The Tigers beat West Point-Beemer 49-35 on the road Thursday night.
The Mustangs could have some issues with North Bend Central, especially given the Tigers' size.
Brooke Fredrickson, Kristin Lux, Lauren Emanuel, and others figure to be tough for Stanton to deal with.
The Mustangs have to play better offensively than they did against the Cadets.
North Bend Central is a lot like West Point-Beemer in that they are very strong defensively.
The difference between the Tigers and Cadets though is that North Bend Central is tall and athletic, whereas West Point-Beemer is more quick and small.
This should be a great game though as both programs really know how to win.
I look for this game to be a defensive struggle, and a very good, close, and tightly contested ball game.
Christensen, Heppner, Spence, Hartl, and Brandl need to continue doing what they've been doing for Stanton offensively this season.
I think the first one to 50 in this game wins if either team can get there.
It could very well be the first one to 40 winning the game.
The Mustangs have to hit shots from the outside and play tough in the post.
You can bet North Bend Central is going to pound the rock inside so Stanton has to be ready to defend the post to the best of their ability.
Things like getting position on defense and boxing out and rebounding will be critical for this smaller Mustangs' team.
Stanton is a great team as is North Bend Central, and I look for this game to be decided by 10 points or less.
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