The Emerson-Hubbard Boys Basketball Team lost 70-24 at Wakefield last Friday night and 54-50 at home in overtime to Allen Thursday night.
The Trojans led the Pirates 20-2 after one and outscored Emerson-Hubbard 19-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 39-8 lead into the locker room.
Wakefield outscored the Pirates 15-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 54-12 at the end of three.
The Trojans won the 4th quarter 16-12.
The Pirates doubled up the Eagles 16-8 in the 1st quarter. Allen outscored Emerson-Hubbard 22-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 30-24 lead into the locker room.
The Eagles won the 2nd quarter 11-9 to go up 41-33 at the end of three.
The Pirates outscored Allen 10-2 in the 4th quarter to force overtime with the game tied at 43.
The Eagles outlasted Emerson-Hubbard 11-7 in the extra session.
I thought the Pirates started out and finished the 4th quarter strong against Allen, but couldn't quite finish the game.
Emerson-Hubbard (1-15) takes on Winnebago (13-3) in the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament at 7:45 p.m. Monday at Winnebago.
The Indians are coming off a 67-55 loss at BRLD Thursday night.
The Pirates lost 79-50 at Winnebago on January 9th.
Emerson-Hubbard actually did well offensively in that game.
The Pirates still need to play stronger defense, but defending Winnebago is tricky.
Emerson-Hubbard has to be as competitive as possible in this game.
The Pirates have to light a fire under themselves, and come out and play strong basketball for 4 quarters.
Emerson-Hubbard has to be upset about the loss to Allen, and must come out and do something about it.
It won't be easy for the Pirates to knock off the Indians, but anything is possible.
Winnebago has been scuffling a bit lately so don't be surprised if Emerson-Hubbard competes the way they did last time.
I am in no way thinking the Pirates will win, but Emerson-Hubbard has to believe that they can get the job done.
The Pirates figured things out on one side of the ball against the Indians, now Emerson-Hubbard just has to figure things out defensively.
Emerson-Hubbard has to shoot the ball at a high percentage and play strong defense against Winnebago.
The Pirates have to play to win, and not play not to lose.
Emerson-Hubbard also can't be afraid of the Indians.
The Pirates have to play loose and confident instead of tight and nervous.
Easier said than done, but Emerson-Hubbard appeared to have played pretty well after the 1st quarter of the first meeting between these two teams.
If the Pirates can compete with the Indians once they can do it again so we'll see how things all shake out Monday night.
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls Basketball Team lost 41-33 at Wakefield last Friday night before topping Allen 41-32 at home Thursday night.
The Trojans held a 7-4 lead at the end of one and outscored the Pirates 10-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 17-10 lead into the locker room.
Emerson-Hubbard doubled up Wakefield 12-6 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 23-22 game at the end of three.
The Trojans outscored the Pirates 18-11 in the 4th quarter.
Melanie Gentrup had 18 points and 7 rebounds while Addison Mackling notched 9 points. Courtney Bokemper recorded 10 rebounds.
Emerson-Hubbard led the Eagles 10-8 after one and won the 2nd quarter 11-5 to take a 21-13 lead into the locker room.
The Pirates outscored Allen 10-3 in the 3rd quarter to go up 31-16 at the end of three.
The Eagles won the 4th quarter 16-10.
Gentrup and Mackling paced Emerson-Hubbard with 10 points apiece while Taylor Lamp totaled 9 points and 8 rebounds. Bokemper added 13 rebounds.
Great activity offensively and defensively from the Pirates. The Wakefield loss was tough, but I thought Emerson-Hubbard did a nice job bouncing back against Allen.
The Pirates (4-13) take on Ponca (10-8) in the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament on Saturday in Osmond.
The Indians won 43-37 at Wynot Thursday night.
Ponca beat Emerson-Hubbard 53-32 on the road at December 15th.
I thought the Pirates didn't do too bad in that game, and I look for Emerson-Hubbard to compete well against the Indians this time around as well.
I know a lot of people might think a 21-point loss is a bad loss, but I think considering the Pirates only have 7 active players on the roster and how good Ponca normally is it isn't too bad.
I think Emerson-Hubbard is improving as more girls are getting involved in the offense and defense.
Mackling and Lamp have started to step up and do some of the scoring, taking the load off of Bokemper and even Gentrup you could say.
That's a good sign for the Pirates, who need to continue to get solid contributions from everyone.
If everyone can follow suit and put up big numbers for Emerson-Hubbard then the Pirates could become a great team.
Anything can happen in a tournament, and Emerson-Hubbard has to play optimistic and upbeat basketball.
I think winning over the Eagles will really help the Pirates moving forward.
Emerson-Hubbard is competing well against some of the tough teams on their schedule, and I look for that trend to continue.
Sure the Pirates have had some lopsided losses, but overall I think things have been pretty respectable for Emerson-Hubbard, especially considering they only have 7 girls on the roster.
The Pirates have to keep working hard and must keep their chin up and stay positive at all times.
Emerson-Hubbard has potential, and I feel the Pirates can win another game or two before the regular season concludes.
Emerson-Hubbard has a tough stretch of games after this tournament, but I fully expect the Pirates to come out and compete well.
Saturday's game between Emerson-Hubbard and Ponca will tip-off at 6:00 p.m.
The winner gets either Osmond or Allen at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday in Creighton.
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