The Pender Boys Basketball Team is off to a 1-1 start, losing 61-25 at Wakefield in Thursday night's season opener before winning 57-45 at home over Tekamah-Herman Friday night.
The Trojans led 12-10 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 9-4 to take a 21-14 lead into the locker room.
Wakefield outscored the Pendragons 20-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 41-18 at the end of three.
The Trojans outscored Pender 20-7 in the 4th quarter.
Good bounce back win for the Pendragons following Thursday night's loss.
Pender (1-1) plays host to Lutheran High Northeast (1-1) Thursday night.
The Eagles beat GACC 66-57 at home in overtime on Saturday.
LHNE isn't a bad team, but I was expecting them to be even better than they are.
I feel like the Pendragons have a chance to compete and do well in this game.
The Eagles could very well win, but I think Pender has a chance to make this a ball game.
If the Pendragons play the way they did against Tekamah-Herman then I like their chances of doing well.
If the team struggles the way they did against Wakefield though then it could be a long night.
I think the big thing is being consistent on both ends of the floor.
Pender struggled on both ends against the Trojans and flourished on both ends against the Tigers so it will be interesting to see what the Pendragons do against the Eagles.
It could be something in the middle from a final score standpoint, but we will see.
Pender has Oakland-Craig coming up on Friday so a couple of big games coming up for the Pendragons.
I think these two games will really test Pender and show where the Pendragons are at and how far they have come.
Pender must play at a high level to do well in these two ball games.
I think the biggest thing for the Pendragons is to show growth and improvement from last week to this week.
Make strides as a program from last week to this week...I think that is the biggest thing for Pender right now.
The Pendragons have to continue to focus on themselves and improve and get better.
Pender already has one win under their belt so they have to try and go out and pick up another win or two this week.
It's a matter of continuing to enhance and bolster the program with good play, wins, and success.
The Pendragons are trying to change the culture of their program and become a winning program, and doing that includes being competitive against the tougher teams on the schedule.
The Pender Girls Basketball Team won 64-52 at Wakefield-Allen in Thursday night's season opener before defeating Tekamah-Herman 56-39 at home Friday night.
The Pendragons led the Trojans 22-7 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 15-14 to take a 37-21 lead into the locker room.
Pender outscored Wakefield-Allen 19-12 in the 3rd quarter to go up 56-33 at the end of three.
The Trojans outscored the Pendragons 19-8 in the 4th quarter.
Pender led the Tigers 16-5 after one, and outscored Tekamah-Herman 20-11 in the 2nd quarter to take a 36-16 lead into the locker room.
The Pendragons won the 3rd quarter 14-9 to go up 50-25 at the end of three.
The Tigers outscored Pender 14-6 in the 4th quarter.
Two very good wins for Pender to start the season.
The Pendragons (2-0) host Lutheran High Northeast (1-1) Thursday night.
The Eagles lost 55-38 at home to GACC on Saturday.
I look for Pender to beat LHNE similar to the way they beat Wakefield-Allen and Tekamah-Herman.
I think the Pendragons will come out and do very well offensively, and play stingy defense as well.
I thought Pender's offense was really good the first two games.
I think the Pendragons will continue their good and solid offensive prowess Thursday night.
Pender also has Oakland-Craig on the road Friday night so pivotal game for the Pendragons that night also.
Pender has to perform well and at a high level once again Thursday night, and then crank things up and play even better on Friday.
I've been impressed with the Pendragons so far this year, and look for Pender to improve to 3-0 after Thursday's game.
The Knights could be a real challenge though.
Oakland-Craig appears to be the real deal once again this year, and beating them doesn't figure to be easy.
The Pendragons are a good and solid team though, and I fully expect Pender to hold their own.
The Pendragons have to make sure they focus on beating the Eagles first though.
Pender has to worry about Lutheran High Northeast before they turn their attention to Oakland-Craig.
The Pendragons have three very tough road games in a row following Thursday night's game so they need a big win over the Eagles to create a lot of momentum and confidence heading into those contests.
As I mentioned in the preseason preview, I think it's important for Pender to narrow the gap against the top dogs on the schedule.
And I feel a big win over Lutheran High Northeast on Thursday would go a long ways in making that happen.
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