The Wisner-Pilger Boys Basketball Team won 70-34 at home over Emerson-Hubbard at the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic Friday night before losing the championship game 63-53 to Lutheran High Northeast in Emerson on Saturday.
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.
Wisner-Pilger led the Eagles 32-30 at halftime. LHNE won the 3rd quarter 14-8 to take a 44-40 lead at the end of three. The Eagles put up 19 points in the 4th quarter compared to 13 for the Gators.
Wisner-Pilger played great against Emerson-Hubbard I thought and played well against LHNE in the 1st half, but didn't quite have enough in the tank in the 2nd half.
The Gators (1-1) travel to Tekamah-Herman (0-2) Friday night.
The Tigers lost 60-21 at Pender Friday night.
This should be an easy win for Wisner-Pilger, much like the Emerson-Hubbard game.
This is one of those games where the Gators should be able to get out to a big lead and play reserves in the 2nd half.
Wisner-Pilger has to come out and play good, sharp basketball, and must take it to Tekamah-Herman for 4 quarters.
The starters have to come out and assert themselves nicely, and build a big lead to give the reserves some action.
I would say a half of basketball might be enough work for the starters, but they need a little more work with this being the only game of the week and Oakland-Craig and Wayne coming up next week.
I look for the Gators to take their frustrations of losing to the Eagles out on the Tigers Friday night.
I look for Wisner-Pilger to win big and handily.
I would be awfully surprised if this game isn't a running clock at some point in the 2nd half.
Tekamah-Herman has a lot of kids out compared to last year and is an and coming team I would say, but the Tigers are still very young and trying to find their way.
It's important for the Gators to be sharp with this being their only game this week and two tough games coming up next week.
Wisner-Pilger needs to play at an extremely high level and shake out any cobwebs they may have incurred on Saturday.
The Gators have to come out flat out angry and upset given what happened against LHNE, and have to come out and play to their full potential against the Tigers.
The Wisner-Girls Basketball Team lost 68-65 at home to Lutheran High Northeast in the Northeast Nebraska Tournament Thursday night before winning 49-27 over Emerson-Hubbard in the consolation game at Emerson-Hubbard on Saturday.
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.
Excellent effort from Wisner-Pilger in the first 2 games of the season, in my opinion. The Gators came super close to knocking off the Eagles and played a real solid game, especially defensively, against the Pirates.
Wisner-Pilger (1-1) takes on Tekamah-Herman (0-2) on the road Friday night.
The Tigers lost 59-36 at Pender Friday night.
Tekamah-Herman played two tough teams in the Pendragons and Stanton, and figures to be battle tested come Friday night.
This should be a competitive game, but I would think the Gators would win.
It will be interesting to see what happens if Wisner-Pilger is down a couple of players due to injury, but either way the Gators should be able to win.
Wisner-Pilger really needs this one with games coming up against Oakland-Craig and Wayne next week.
The Gators have to play the kind of defense they played against the Pirates, and the kind of offense they played against the Eagles.
If Wisner-Pilger can combine what they did on those respective sides of the ball in those respective games then they should put themselves in a good position to win the game.
The Gators have to come out and play with passion, pride, fire, toughness, tenacity, grit, and intensity.
Wisner-Pilger has to be tenacious on defense and assertive on offense.
The Gators have to take the fight to the Tigers for 4 quarters, and never let up.
Wisner-Pilger needs to play the exact same way they did against Emerson-Hubbard only getting the offense going more.
I think the Gators showed they are a solid team given how they played this past weekend, and I look for Wisner-Pilger to build off what they did last week and play even better Friday night.
I think the Gators are going to need to pay extra special attention to Marin Jetensky. She is an outstanding player for Tekamah-Herman.
If Wisner-Pilger slows her down the Gators should be in good shape.
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