The BRLD Boys Basketball Team is heading back to State as the Wolverines won 48-41 over Hastings St. Cecilia in the C2-1 Sub-State Final from Columbus last Monday.
The Wolverines led 13-9 at the end of one before both teams scored 11 points in the 2nd quarter to make it a 24-20 game at halftime in favor of BRLD.
The Wolverines won the 3rd quarter 9-7 to extend their lead to 33-27 at the end of three.
BRLD won the 4th quarter 15-14.
Lucas Vogt and Darwin Snyder each had 13 points while Dylan Beutler totaled 9 points and 12 rebounds.
Scary game, especially for a 1/16 game, but the Bluehawks are always a tough out no matter their record.
The Wolverines (24-1) battle Howells-Dodge (18-9) in the first round of State Thursday night at Lincoln Northeast in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Jaguars upset Freeman 45-41 in overtime in the C2-4 Sub-State Final from Malcolm last Monday night in action aired on the Bull.
Howells-Dodge handed BRLD their only loss of the regular season, winning 61-51 at home over the Wolverines on December 14th.
BRLD came back and defeated the Jaguars 56-34 in the Howells-Dodge Holiday Tournament Championship Game on December 29th.
Head Coach Cory Meyer says the early season loss to the Jaguars was just the wake up call his team needed. "Right now I would say we're playing pretty good. The whole season wise we didn't start off the best, and to be honest with you it took that loss to Howells-Dodge to kind of wake us up a little bit, and realize that we weren't the Alpha Dog that some of the kids probably thought we were, and we just need to be humbled there, and get back into the grind, and just work on ourselves and fundamentals, and just get back to the realization that anything can happen on any given night, and you can't take anybody for granted."
This figures to be a tough opening State game for the Wolverines given the familiarity the two teams have with one another.
Meyer says it's a pretty even matchup. "We matchup very well as a team together. They got their bigs we got our bigs, they got their guards we got our guards. It's a pretty good overall matchup. And basketball is all about matchups, and we do, we match up very well together."
Basketball is a game of runs and momentum as well, and I feel whichever team can get on that big run throughout the course of the game stands the best chance of winning.
I think BRLD being at State last year and having that experience of the big gym atmosphere and everything like that really helps them.
With that said, the Jaguars have nothing to lose and may not be feeling the pressure whatsoever.
The Wolverines have to be on top of their game, because if they're not, an upset could definitely happen.
Centennial or Wakefield would be tough in the State Semifinals as well, but BRLD is more than capable of winning the whole ball of wax.
It will be interesting to see how things turn out.
Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. on the Bull.
The Semifinal game would be on Friday at 3:45 p.m. at the Devaney Center.
The C-2 State Championship Game is at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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