The North Bend Central Boys Basketball Team won 39-31 over Logan View/Scribner-Snyder in the C1-6 Sub-District Final from Oakland-Craig on Thursday, February 21st before downing Mitchell 64-51 in the C1-4 Sub-State Final from Lexington on Monday, February 25th.
The Raiders led 6-4 at the end of one before the Tigers doubled them up 16-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 20-14 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central doubled up LVSS 8-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 28-18 at the end of three.
The Raiders won the 4th quarter 13-11.
North Bend Central led Mitchell 18-15 after one. NBC won the 2nd quarter 15-13 to take a 33-28 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central outscored Mitchell 17-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 50-32 at the end of three.
Mitchell won the 4th quarter 19-14.
Tanner Wietfeld had 21 points while John Emanuel posted 13.
Huge accomplishment for NBC to get back to state.
The Tigers (23-3) take on Adams Central (17-7) in the first round of State Thursday afternoon from the Devaney Center in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Patriots won 72-49 over Ashland-Greenwood in the C1-5 Sub-State Final Monday night.
Head Coach Jon Baehr says Adams Central is a really good team. "Coach Foster does a great job, and they got some really talented players. They got some guys that are really difficult to guard. They got some guys that can really play and really do some great things."
The two teams met in the first round of the 2016 State Tournament with the Patriots winning 53-43.
I feel this North Bend Central team is stronger than they were then, and I don't know if Adams Central is quite as good as they were that year.
Still though the Tigers lost by 10 to Seward whereas the Patriots fell to the Bluejays by 4.
North Bend Central also lost to GICC by 9 while Adams Central downed the Crusaders by 7.
Baehr says it will be key for his team to be on offensively in this tournament. "I think with our guys it's just about flow and playing the game the right way. And we got guys that are playing with a lot of confidence, so it will be important for us to kind of carry that on into the state tournament and make sure we're taking quality shots, and good shots. I think if we do that we'll make some and we'll just keep working on it."
I think the Tigers have a good shot to win this game.
And if they do, I wouldn't be surprised if North Bend Central made it to Championship Saturday.
Baehr has nothing but positive things to say about his team and the way they play the game. "Our guys play with a lot of confidence. They enjoy playing the game. They have a very team oriented attitude. And I think we're going to come out and we'll play really hard, and see where that leads us."
It should be a heck of a ball game, and I look forward to watching the game in person.
I will be at the Devaney Center cheering the Tigers on, and look forward to a great and fun filled state tournament.
It should be a lot of fun, and I hope North Bend Central comes out on top.
Tip-off is set for 3:45 p.m. on the Bull.
The Tigers would play at 10:45 a.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena in the Semifinals on Friday if they win Thursday.
The C-1 State Championship Game will be at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday at PBA.
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