The Stanton Boys lost 63-33 at Battle Creek on Friday, December 13th before falling 56-29 at North Bend Central last Tuesday night. The Mustangs then lost 60-38 at home to Wakefield Friday night before falling 27-24 at Pender on Saturday.
The Braves went up 16-11 after one and won the 2nd quarter 18-14 to take a 34-25 lead into the locker room.
Battle Creek tripled up Stanton 18-6 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 52-31 at the end of three.
The Braves outscored the Mustangs 11-2 in the 4th quarter.
TJ Larson had 14 points while Parker Krusemark notched 7. Mason Bruggeman added 7 rebounds.
North Bend Central shutout the Mustangs 16-0 in the 1st quarter. The Tigers won the 2nd quarter 10-9 to take a 26-9 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central outscored Stanton 21-14 in the 3rd quarter to go up 47-23 at the end of three.
The Tigers won the 4th quarter 9-6.
Brennan Wragge had a team-high 7 points while Bruggeman totaled 8 rebounds.
The Trojans led the Mustangs 12-9 at the end of one and 24-18 at halftime.
Wakefield outscored Stanton 19-12 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 43-30 at the end of three.
The Trojans outscored the Mustangs 17-8 in the 4th quarter.
Bruggeman had 13 points while Larson notched 10. Krusemark added 8 rebounds.
The Pendragons went up 10-6 on Stanton after one, and won the 2nd quarter 5-4 to take a 15-10 lead into the locker room.
The Mustangs doubled up Pender 8-4 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 19-18 game at the end of three.
The Pendragons won the 4th quarter 8-6.
Larson finished with 8 points and 10 rebounds while Bruggeman had 8 points and 8 rebounds.
Tough way to end the Pre-Christmas Holiday Schedule if you are Stanton.
The Mustangs (1-6) host West Holt (4-2) in the Stanton Holiday Tournament Friday night.
The Huskies lost 59-39 at Battle Creek on Saturday.
I think Stanton can definitely hang in there and compete and give West Holt a game.
It's not going to be easy for the Mustangs to win, but anything can happen.
You hope Stanton got after things on their own during the five-day moratorium period.
The Mustangs need someone else other than Larson and Bruggeman to contribute.
Those two have been excellent scorers and rebounders for Stanton, but they need help.
The duo can't do everything on their own.
The Mustangs need some other kids to step up and score and get after things on the glass.
I think scoring is the biggest issue for Stanton right now.
The Mustangs have to be better shooting the ball than they have been.
If anything, hopefully Stanton did some shooting during the moratorium period.
The Mustangs really need to find an offensive identity and rhythm.
The defense has played well at times this year, but that could be more consistent I feel.
The biggest thing hurting Stanton right now though, in my opinion, is a lack of offense.
The Mustangs haven't been the same since the loss to West Point-Beemer on Tuesday the 10th it appears, a game that they lost at the buzzer after leading by double digits entering the 4th quarter.
That was a tough loss, but Stanton has to forget about it and move on.
The Mustangs have had over two weeks to digest it so they should be ready to go come Friday night.
Should Stanton play O'Neill in Saturday's consolation game, I feel the Mustangs would have a good chance to win that game should they not beat West Holt on Friday.
The West Holt game is scheduled to tip-off at 7:15 p.m. in Stanton.
The Stanton Girls continue to struggle, losing 59-25 at Battle Creek on Friday, December 13th before falling 50-16 at North Bend Central last Tuesday night, 56-55 at home in OT to Wakefield-Allen Friday night, and 46-14 at Pender on Saturday.
The Bravettes led 18-4 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 15-9 to take a 33-13 lead into the locker room.
Battle Creek doubled up Stanton 10-5 in the 3rd quarter to go up 43-18 at the end of three.
The Bravettes outscored the Mustangs 16-7 in the 4th quarter.
Emma Hansen and Sylvia Cunningham each had 9 points for Stanton.
The Tigers tripled up the Mustangs 12-4 in the 1st quarter. North Bend Central outscored Stanton 15-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 27-11 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers outscored the Mustangs 15-3 in the 3rd quarter to go up 42-14 at the end of three.
North Bend Central won the 4th quarter 8-2.
Cunningham paced Stanton with 7 points and 8 rebounds.
The Mustangs led the Trojans 16-11 after one. Wakefield-Allen won the 2nd quarter 13-12 to make it a 28-24 game at halftime.
Stanton won the 3rd quarter 10-7 to go up 38-31 at the end of three.
The Trojans outscored the Mustangs 20-13 in the 4th quarter to send the game into overtime tied at 51.
Wakefield-Allen outlasted Stanton 5-4 in the extra session.
Tough sledding for Stanton so far this year.
The Mustangs (0-7) take on West Holt (3-3) in the first round of the Stanton Holiday Tournament Friday evening.
The Huskies lost 53-31 at Battle Creek on Saturday.
This will be another difficult game for Stanton.
If the Mustangs play the way they did against the Trojans though I think they could win.
I don't think Stanton played their best basketball against North Bend Central and Pender.
And I feel like even if the Mustangs don't beat West Holt on Friday that they will beat Hartington-Newcastle in the consolation game should the two teams meet in it.
O'Neill definitely has to be considered the favorite to win this Holiday Tournament.
The Huskies aren't too bad either so we will see what happens.
Hopefully Stanton did some shooting and stuff on their own during the moratorium period.
It has been a really tough season for the Mustangs so far, but Stanton has to keep their head up and keep fighting.
There's a long ways to go, and the Mustangs definitely have time to get things turned around.
There's quite a few games coming up that should be wins so perhaps Stanton can make a little run the second half of the season.
Just winning a game in this Holiday Tournament would be a positive step in the right direction.
The loss to Wakefield-Allen had to be really tough and disheartening.
I'm sure the Mustangs thought they were going to win that one.
All Stanton can do though is move on.
The Mustangs have had almost a week to recover so hopefully Stanton is able to bounce back in a positive way Friday night.
I think the Mustangs can, but a lot of it is going to be mental, especially if the game is close.
The game against West Holt is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
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