The Wisner-Pilger Boys Basketball Team won 58-50 at Oakland-Craig Thursday night in action heard on 107.9 the Bull before falling 60-38 at home to Wayne Friday night, and then winning 63-47 at Arlington Tuesday night.
The Gators jumped out to a 17-6 lead on the Knights at the end of one. Both teams scored 16 points in the 2nd quarter, and the score was 33-22 at halftime in favor of Wisner-Pilger.
The Gators won the 3rd quarter 9-7 to go up 42-29 at the end of three.
Oakland-Craig outscored Wisner-Pilger 21-16 in the 4th quarter.
Wisner-Pilger Head Coach Duane Mendlik on the win. "We handled their pressure just well enough in order to just do some things. We knew they were going to come in and really put the pressure on the in the full court situation. And we worked quite a bit on that. And for the most part I thought we did a pretty good job until late in the game when we had some of our subs in there. That was a main key I thought to try and get out and get some things going, and we shot the ball relatively well, so that really made a difference."
The Gators were led in scoring by Caden Jackson, who had a game-high 17 points. S&W Welding Player of the Game Dylan Kneifl added 15 while Cole Jacobsen added 11, all in the second half. Colby Heller chipped in 9.
The Blue Devils got up 17-5 after one before the Gators won the 2nd quarter 16-12 to make it a 29-21 ball game at halftime.
Wayne outscored Wisner-Pilger 17-3 in the 3rd quarter to go up 46-24 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 14 points in the 4th quarter.
The Eagles got up on the Gators 17-7 at the end of one before Wisner-Pilger won the 2nd quarter 18-12 to make it a 29-25 game at halftime.
The Gators won the 3rd quarter 16-11 to go up 41-40 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger blew the game wide open in the 4th quarter, outscoring Arlington 22-7.
Up and down basketball over the course of the last three games for the Gators you could say.
Wisner-Pilger (4-2) hosts Stanton (1-6) Thursday night.
The Mustangs lost 70-51 at home to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Tuesday night.
The Gators need to get off to the same type of start they got off to against Oakland-Craig.
If Stanton jumps on Wisner-Pilger the way Wayne and Arlington did it could prove to be costly.
The Gators should win, but it's a rivalry game and anything can happen.
The Mustangs have played well at times this year they've just had a difficult schedule.
Wisner-Pilger should matchup pretty well with Stanton's big guys inside in Sam Bates and Nathan Arens, and should have an advantage at the guard position.
I feel guard play will be the biggest difference in this one.
Depth could play a role in this one as well.
The Gators have to come out and shoot lights out and create a lot of turnovers with their press the way they did against Oakland-Craig.
Wisner-Pilger has to play with the same kind of focus, determination, intensity, and toughness they played with in that one as well.
Kneifl has to tear things up and Jackson has to do big things as well.
Jayden Raabe and Caden Schweers have to hold their own on the inside also.
The Gators have to play tough, physical, and tenacious.
Wisner-Pilger has to try and push tempo and make Stanton play fast.
If the Gators can get the Mustangs flustered and all out of sorts then it will be to their advantage.
A slow paced, half court game definitely favors Stanton.
A fast up and down game is definitely what Wisner-Pilger wants.
The Gators have the Shootout on the Elkhorn Holiday Tournament next week, and take on Battle Creek at 7:45 p.m. next Thursday in the first game.
Wisner-Pilger could definitely use a win on their home court Thursday night to set the stage and tone for the tournament.
The Wisner-Pilger Girls lost 54-37 at Oakland-Craig Thursday night in action heard on 107.9 the Bull before falling 50-44 at home to Wayne Friday night, and 59-37 at Arlington Tuesday night.
Oakland-Craig went on a 12-0 run to go up 16-4 after the game was tied at 4 in the early going.
The Knights led 22-6 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 14-9 to take a 36-15 lead into the locker room.
Oakland-Craig, who led by as many as 25 at one point in both the 1st and 2nd halfs, won the 3rd quarter 12-8 to lead 48-23 at the end of three.
The Gators outscored the Knights 14-6 in the 4th quarter.
Jordan Wegner had 10 points to pace the Gators, 9 coming in the 2nd half. Reagan Scholting added 8.
The Gators and Blue Devils were tied at 14 after one before Wayne won the 2nd quarter 12-9 to take a 26-23 lead into the locker room.
The Blue Devils outscored the Gators 8-1 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 34-24 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger outscored Wayne 20-16 in the 4th quarter.
The Eagles got out to a 19-10 lead on the Gators at the end of one. Arlington outscored Wisner-Pilger 17-5 in the 2nd quarter to take a 36-15 lead into the locker room.
The Eagles outscored the Gators 16-3 in the 3rd quarter to go up 52-18 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger outscored Arlington 19-7 in the 4th quarter.
The Gators have shown flashes of great play, but ultimately scoring droughts and inconsistent play has hurt Wisner-Pilger.
The Gators (1-5) host Stanton (4-3) Thursday night.
The Mustangs are coming off a 63-42 loss at home to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Tuesday night.
This game could actually be closer than most would of thought at the beginning of the season.
Reason being Stanton has been sort of inconsistent, and if the Gators play the way they did against Wayne then I don't think a win is out of the realm of possibility.
It all comes down to scoring though, in my opinion.
I feel Wisner-Pilger is good enough defensively to beat anyone, but offense is where they really struggle.
The Gators have to get the ball inside to Wegner and let her go to work, and get contributions from others too.
Wisner-Pilger has to work the ball around for good shots and open lay ups and must convert their scoring chances.
The Gators have to be confident shooting the ball too.
Perhaps if Wisner-Pilger sees the ball go in the hoop a couple of times on Thursday it will lead to a big night.
Anything can happen, just look at the Howells-Dodge/BRLD Boys Game.
It's a rivalry game too, and all the more reason for the Gators to be optimistic.
Wisner-Pilger has a really tough and challenging first game in the Shootout on the Elkhorn Holiday Tournament in Wisner next Thursday, taking on undefeated Battle Creek at 6:00 p.m., so the Gators could really use a big win over the Mustangs heading into that one.
Wisner-Pilger has to keep building confidence, and I think they started to do that in the second half of the Oakland-Craig game and against Wayne, but for whatever reason didn't carry things over to the Arlington game.
The Gators have to come out hot and start fast against Stanton, and must make the Mustangs uncomfortable and force them to play from behind.
Stanton isn't really built to comeback from large deficits so if Wisner-Pilger can get a double digit lead they could be golden.
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