The Stanton Boys Basketball Team lost 64-31 to Oakland-Craig in the 1st round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Wisner-Pilger on Saturday.
The Knights quadrupled up the Mustangs 12-3 in the 1st quarter. Stanton won the 2nd quarter 16-11 to make it a 23-19 game at halftime in favor of Oakland-Craig.
The Knights outscored the Mustangs 28-10 in the 3rd quarter to lead 51-29 at the end of three.
Oakland-Craig outscored Stanton 13-2 in the 4th quarter.
Broderick Sieh and TJ Larson scored 7 points apiece to lead the Mustangs.
Rough go for Stanton in the 2nd half. I thought the Mustangs played well in the 1st half though.
Stanton (2-17) takes on Madison (5-11) in the Bronze Bracket at Twin River on Friday.
The Dragons lost 70-43 to West Point-Beemer at North Bend Central on Saturday.
Madison defeated the Mustangs 44-38 at home on January 16th.
Things were tight and close the first time around, and I look for that to be the case this time around as well.
I feel this game could be the start of a three-game winning streak for Stanton.
The Mustangs have a chance to get to 5 wins before season's end, in my opinion.
Stanton has to take advantage of a light schedule to round out the regular season, and give themselves some confidence and momentum for sub-districts.
If the Mustangs can play like they did in the first half of the Oakland-Craig game for a full game against the Dragons then they can definitely come out on top.
Things were close and tight the first time around, and it appears Stanton played pretty good defense in that game.
The Mustangs will need to do that again plus play great offense to get over the hump this time around, in my opinion.
Scoring has come at a premium for Stanton this year, but the Mustangs are about due to breakout and turn in a fantastic game from an offensive standpoint.
There should be little to no pressure for Stanton seeing as this is just a consolation game so I fully expect the Mustangs to come out and play well, loose, and confident.
I think Stanton will play a good game, and compete well and at a high level.
I feel the Mustangs have what it takes to win on Friday, and close out the regular season with a pair of wins.
Stanton has to play hard, smart, physical, tenacious, gritty, passionate, fiery, prideful, and tough.
The Mustangs have to want it more than Madison, and must take out the season's frustrations out on the Dragons.
Stanton hasn't had a lot to be happy or cheer about this season, but perhaps that will change with a win on Friday.
Tip-off is set for 4:30 p.m. in Genoa.
The Stanton Girls Basketball Team defeated Clarkson/Leigh 49-25 in the East Husker Conference Tournament Quarterfinals at home Monday night.
The Mustangs got out to a 19-0 lead and led 20-8 after one. Stanton shutout the Patriots 7-0 in the 2nd quarter to go up 27-8 at halftime.
The Mustangs won the 3rd quarter 12-11 to lead 39-19 at the end of three.
Stanton outscored Clarkson/Leigh 10-6 in the 4th quarter.
Liz Christensen led the way with 14 points while Hannah Heppner had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. Jaiden Hartl added 11 points while Bree Burtwhistle scored 9 points and pulled down 7 rebounds.
Very impressive win for the Mustangs. I anticipated this game being much closer than it was.
Stanton (17-1) battles BRLD (15-4) in the Semifinals in Stanton Thursday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Wolverines defeated Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 68-56 in Monday night's quarterfinals.
The Mustangs knocked off the Wolverines 60-46 at home last Saturday.
Stanton played great in that game, and will need to play great in this game as well to come away with the win I would say.
It won't be easy for the Mustangs to duplicate their efforts from last Saturday or Monday night, but it can definitely be done, in my opinion.
Stanton has to come out and be the aggressor like they were last time against BRLD.
The Mustangs were upset in this round of the tournament last year so Stanton has to do everything they can to not let history repeat itself.
I think the Mustangs are a stronger team than they were last year, and are better equipped to win in the semifinals this time around though.
It wouldn't surprise me if the finals matchup was Stanton against North Bend Central.
BRLD is a really good team and can score though so beating the Wolverines is no gimme or small task by any means.
West Point-Beemer, who takes on the Tigers in the first semifinal game, is tough too so don't count out the Cadets.
Last year I thought the top two seeds would win, and that wasn't the case, so I could definitely be wrong in thinking Stanton and North Bend Central will meet in this year's championship game.
The Mustangs have to play as well offensively as they did last time around.
Defense will still be big for Stanton too, but given the Wolverines' explosive offense, the Mustangs have to make sure they're scoring a lot of points too like the first time around.
50 is the magic number for me.
If Stanton can score over 50 then I think their defense does enough to win.
Score less than 50 and you might be asking for trouble given how good the Wolverines' offense is.
Tip-off is set for 7:45 p.m. on the Bull.
Saturday's championship game will also be carried on the Bull.
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