The Stanton Boys Basketball Team lost 42-33 to Logan View/Scribner-Snyder in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family on Saturday before falling 58-48 at Twin River Tuesday night in a regular season game.
The Mustangs got out to an 11-6 lead on the Raiders at the end of one before LVSS won the 2nd quarter 10-8 to make it a 19-16 game at halftime in favor of Stanton.
The Raiders outscored the Mustangs 17-9 in the 3rd quarter to pull in front 33-28 at the end of three.
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder won the 4th quarter 9-5.
Nathan Arens had 10 points and 8 rebounds while TJ Larson totaled 8 points. Marcus Spotanski added 7 points and 7 rebounds.
The Titans led 13-8 after one before Stanton won the 2nd quarter 15-13 to make it a 26-23 game at halftime in favor of Twin River.
The Titans outscored the Mustangs 21-6 in the 3rd quarter to go up 47-29 at the end of three.
Stanton outscored Twin River 19-11 in the 4th quarter.
Spotanski and Sam Bates each had 13 points while Arens notched 11, and Parker Krusemark chipped in 7.
Great job by the Mustangs to start out strong against the Raiders and finish strong against the Titans.
Stanton (5-14) heads right back to Genoa on Friday to take on Pender (6-12) in an EHC Consolation Game.
The Pendragons were routed 68-37 by Wisner-Pilger in the first round of the Tournament at Howells-Dodge on Saturday.
The game between Stanton and Pender is the final game of the night.
The Pendragons defeated the Mustangs 49-48 in Stanton earlier this season.
I think Stanton has a good shot to win this time around, especially if they turn in a complete game performance.
I thought the Mustangs played well at times against LVSS and Twin River, I just think a lack of consistent play throughout the games hurt Stanton.
The good news for the Mustangs is Pender is like Jekyll and Hyde.
The Pendragons play great one game and then struggle the next.
It's hard to know which Pender team Stanton is going to get Friday night.
The Mustangs should have success if they just focus on themselves though.
Stanton has to work on offensive efficiency and solid and stout defensive play.
I think the Mustangs are going to need to score in the 50's or 60's to knock off the Pendragons.
Pender has a really good offense when they're on, and can be tough to defend.
Arens and Bates have to try and neutralize Sam Mailloux in the post, and force other players to rebound and beat them.
Stanton has to be suffocating defensively, and must take the fight to the Pendragons in that regard.
I think offense is ultimately going to decide this one though.
Whichever team can find their rhythm and groove offensively should have the upper hand in this one.
Both offenses have really sputtered at times this year so it will be interesting to see which one steps up and rises to the occasion.
Stanton figures to have a good chance to close out the regular season with two wins, but I'm sure the Mustangs would love to make it 3.
The Stanton Girls routed Wisner-Pilger 57-31 in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Clarkson Friday night before losing 34-27 to Clarkson/Leigh in the Quarterfinals at West Point-Beemer Monday night.
The Mustangs got up 15-7 at the end of one on the Gators before outscoring Wisner-Pilger 16-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 31-13 lead into the locker room.
Stanton outscored the Gators 18-5 in the 3rd quarter to go up 49-18 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger won the 4th quarter 13-8.
Liz Christensen totaled 17 points while Jessie Brandl had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Bree Burtwhistle chipped in 13 points.
The Mustangs led the Patriots 8-5 after one before Clarkson/Leigh outscored Stanton 14-9 in the 2nd quarter to take a 19-17 lead into the locker room.
The Patriots won the 3rd quarter 8-6 to go up 27-23 at the end of three.
Clarkson/Leigh won the 4th quarter 7-4.
Burtwhistle had a team-high 8 points.
Great performance by Stanton on Friday followed up by a tough loss on Monday.
The Mustangs (13-6) take on BRLD (12-7) in an EHC Consolation Game in Lyons Thursday night.
The Wolverines lost 62-46 to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family at Oakland-Craig in Monday night's Quarterfinals.
Stanton won 51-46 at BRLD last Saturday.
So the Mustangs know they can go into BRLD's home territory and pick up a win.
Stanton did it once and so it can certainly happen again.
You have to be concerned about the Mustangs' struggles on offense against the Patriots though.
That and how much motivation does Stanton have after losing to Clarkson/Leigh?
I think this could very well be a game of who wants to be there the most wins it.
The Wolverines are a young team and I fully expect them to be motivated and ready to go, and somehow the Mustangs have to find some motivation themselves.
I know Stanton is probably disappointed they're not playing in the Semifinals and on Saturday at CCC in Columbus, but the Mustangs have to realize they have at least 1 or 2 more shots left against the Patriots.
There's a lot of games yet to be played, and Stanton has to stay motivated and hungry.
The Mustangs have to do what they did the last time they faced BRLD.
I think Stanton is going to have to shoot and play much better offensively than they did against Clarkson/Leigh.
The Mustangs need a performance like they got the first time around against the Wolverines.
Stanton was very effective on both ends of the floor, and needs to play like that again to win a second time, in my opinion.
The Mustangs close out the regular season with Clarkson/Leigh and Norfolk Catholic next week so have to gain some momentum for those games by picking up a win over the Wolverines.
The game between Stanton and BRLD will be the second game of the night in Lyons.
Twin River will play North Bend Central at 6:00 p.m.
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