The Pender Boys Basketball Team blew a big lead against Winnebago at home Thursday night, falling 62-61, and then lost 68-37 to Wisner-Pilger in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Howells-Dodge on Saturday.
The Pendragons went up 17-10 at the end of one on the Indians, and won the 2nd quarter 20-15 to take a 37-25 lead into the locker room.
The Indians won the 3rd quarter 18-14 to make it a 51-43 game at the end of three.
Winnebago outscored Pender 19-10 in the 4th quarter.
The Gators went up 17-10 after one before outscoring the Pendragons 17-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 34-17 lead into the locker room.
Wisner-Pilger outscored Pender 21-13 in the 3rd quarter to go up 55-30 at the end of three.
The Gators won the 4th quarter 13-7.
The Pendragons should of had the Indians Thursday night. As far as Saturday goes, I'm not quite sure what happened.
Pender (6-12) takes on Stanton (5-13) in an EHC Consolation game at Twin River Friday night.
The Mustangs lost 42-33 to Logan View/Scribner-Snyder in the first round of the tournament at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family on Saturday.
These two teams met earlier in the season with the Pendragons winning the first matchup 49-48 in Stanton.
It's never easy to beat a team twice in the same season, especially a team that played you so close.
Pender can definitely win the game though they just need to learn how to finish and close out games.
I don't think there's any doubt that losing to Winnebago the way they did affected their play against the Gators on Saturday.
The Pendragons have to find a way to get back on track and regroup.
Pender has to forget about the last two games, and go out and play a fantastic game Friday night.
It figures to be a good battle down low between Sam Mailloux and Nathan Arens and Sam Bates.
I heard Eric Schopke got hurt against the Indians so we will see if he is back for this game.
It will also be interesting to see which Pendragon team comes to play Friday night.
Pender has looked like a D-1 State Contender at times this year and then sometimes look like a totally different team.
The Pendragons have to come out and play a complete game Friday night and get their season back on track.
Pender's next three games can all be wins, but the Pendragons need to play well.
Pender has Spalding Academy and Wynot next week, and BRLD to end the regular season on February 15th.
The Pendragons have to use this game against the Mustangs as build up for the Spalding Academy game.
If Pender can beat Stanton I think it will give them even more confidence to go on the road and beat the Shamrocks and Blue Devils.
The Pendragons have to come out and play well and up to their potential though.
The Pender Girls downed Winnebago 68-52 at home Thursday night before losing 57-54 to Twin River in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at North Bend Central Friday night.
The Pendragons led the Indians 19-15 at the end of one before winning the 2nd quarter 16-11 to take a 35-26 lead into the locker room.
Winnebago won the 3rd quarter 15-14 to make it a 49-41 lead for Pender at the end of three.
The Pendragons outscored the Indians 19-11 in the 4th quarter.
Ashley Ostrand had 21 points and 9 rebounds while Faith Morris totaled 17 points. Sarah Krueger added 11 points and 7 rebounds.
The Titans got out to a 14-12 lead on Pender at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 15-10 to take a 29-22 lead into the locker room.
Twin River won the 3rd quarter 15-14 to make it a 44-36 game at the end of three.
The Pendragons outscored the Titans 18-13 in the 4th quarter.
Ostrand led the way with 18 points while Zoey Lehmkuhl totaled 15. Morris chipped in 9.
Really nice win for Pender on Thursday. The Pendragons simply came up short to a sound ball club on Friday.
Pender (11-8) takes on Howells-Dodge (8-11) at home in an EHC Consolation Game on Thursday.
The Jaguars lost 56-40 to North Bend Central at North Bend in the first round of the tournament Friday night.
The Pendragons knocked off Howells-Dodge 58-41 at home last Saturday, and would love nothing more than to do it again I'm sure.
Pender can definitely do it too, but it won't be easy.
The Jaguars are more at the Pendragons' competition level than the Titans though since Twin River is a large C-2 school and Howells-Dodge D-1.
I think Pender will be confident heading into this one too since they'll be at home and have already knocked off the Jaguars once.
This game has Pendragon win written all over it, and we'll see if Pender can go out there and get the job done.
The Pendragons need this one too with tough games at GACC and Wynot coming up next week.
A second win over Howells-Dodge would be a big deal, and Pender needs to come out and play well and get the job done.
Ostrand, Krueger, Lehmkuhl, and Morris all need to play well for the Pendragons.
Pender has to play lights out on offense and defense the way they did against the Jaguars the first time around.
If Howells-Dodge is able to get a couple of starters back from injury that could change the complexity of their team, but I don't know if Grace Dvorak or Tonya Brester are coming back this season or not.
The Pendragons can't worry about that or the Jaguars for that matter...Pender has to be focused on themselves.
The Pendragons need to come out and play a complete four quarter game, and defend their home court the same way they did against the Indians.
Pender needs to come out and play well and pick up another double digit win if at all possible.
The Pendragons had been red hot prior to the loss to the Titans so we'll see how that loss affects Pender, or if it does at all.
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