The Pender Boys Basketball Team lost 60-41 at Clarkson/Leigh Tuesday night before falling 64-19 at home to Wisner-Pilger Thursday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull.
The Patriots led 12-5 at the end of one before the Pendragons won the 2nd quarter 7-6 to make it an 18-12 game at halftime.
Clarkson/Leigh outscored Pender 21-13 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 39-25 at the end of three.
The Patriots won the 4th quarter 21-16.
The Gators led 24-2 at the end of the 1st quarter highlighted by a two-hand slam by Dylan Kneifl on Wisner-Pilger's first possession.
The Gators never looked back, outscoring Pender 15-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 39-8 lead into the locker room.
Wisner-Pilger outscored the Pendragons 19-5 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 58-13 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 6 points in the 4th quarter.
Jaxon Maise had a team-high 8 points for Pender.
Really tough loss on Thursday for the Pendragons, who have dropped 6 in a row.
Pender (3-13) battles Howells-Dodge (8-5) on the road Saturday.
The Jaguars won 63-53 at Mead last Saturday.
The Pendragons had a heck of a time solving Wisner-Pilger's 1-3-1 zone defense.
Hopefully Saturday's game goes better for Pender because Thursday night was pretty rough.
I kind of feel like the Pendragons just need a win to snap out of this funk they are in.
If it doesn't happen on Saturday perhaps Pender will pick up wins over Madison on Monday and Emerson-Hubbard on Tuesday.
The outlook could be totally different heading into Thursday's game at Winnebago that will be carried on 107.9 the Bull.
We shall see as the Pendragons have to pick up their play.
Perhaps Pender will play well on Saturday and give themselves some good momentum heading into Monday.
There's still time for the Pendragons to make a little run and do something yet this year.
Pender has to keep battling hard and must continue to fight.
The Pendragons have to right the ship and must find a way to get back on track.
Pender has certainly stumbled down the stretch, but there is time for the Pendragons to make a run yet.
There's a lot of season left for Pender, and the Pendragons have to keep building and plugging away.
Often times the process of learning how to win games comes with some losses.
Pender has to do everything in their power to change the culture and cause a change in the results of the program.
The Pendragons have to forget about the tough loss to the Gators Thursday night, and find a way to bounce back in a big way on Saturday.
The Jaguars are tough and figure to be a difficult team for Pender to beat.
The Pender Girls knocked off Clarkson/Leigh 49-44 on the road Tuesday night, erasing a 19-point deficit and snapping the Patriots' 8-game winning streak before winning 50-39 at home over Wisner-Pilger Thursday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull.
Clarkson/Leigh led the Pendragons 18-5 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 11-9 to take a 29-14 lead into the locker room.
The Pendragons tripled up the Patriots 15-5 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 34-29 game at the end of three.
Pender doubled up Clarkson/Leigh 20-10 in the 4th quarter.
The Pendragons led the Gators 6-4 in the 1st quarter and 9-6 at the end of one.
Pender opened up a double digit lead in the 2nd quarter, doubling up the Gators 22-11 in the period to take a 31-17 lead into the locker room.
Both teams scored 9 points in the 3rd quarter, and the score was 40-26 at the end of three in favor of the Pendragons.
Wisner-Pilger won the 4th quarter 13-10.
Head Coach Luke Hoffman on the win. "Yeah I thought we came out and we played well from the beginning. We had some missed opportunities, but Wisner's a great team and they can pass the ball around pretty well and see down the court so I knew that coming in that they would be able to have pretty good vision farther down the court. But our girls did a nice job putting pressure on their guards and getting a few turnovers there in that first half."
Ashley Ostrand had a game-high 25 points, scoring half of the team's points while Zoey Lehmkuhl added 10 as the two combined for 35 of the team's 50 points.
Pender improves to 9-7 on the year and takes on Howells-Dodge (5-10) on the road Saturday. "Coach Polacek always has them ready to go. They had a tough schedule to begin the year. They managed to get through it. And now a few easier games and they've really come on. I know he knows what he's doing. You never know what he's going to come out in. So I have to have the girls prepared for everything when we play Howells-Dodge every single year," Hoffman said.
The Jaguars picked up a 52-45 win at Tekamah-Herman Friday night.
I think the Pendragons have a good chance to win this one.
Pender has been playing really good basketball as of late as they have won three in a row.
I feel like the Pendragons have really come on lately and played great basketball.
Pender has to keep it up and must continue to do well.
The Pendragons need to keep doing what they've been doing and continue to get better.
Pender has a real chance to do some damage prior to the East Husker Conference Tournament.
I don't think the Pendragons are a team people are going to want to face come conference tournament time.
Pender is playing their best basketball of the season right now, and are a different team than they were earlier in the season.
The Pendragons have to keep growing and improving.
I'm very impressed with how disciplined Pender is.
The Pendragons do a lot of nice things offensively and defensively, and don't beat themselves.
Pender is very fundamentally sound, and knows what they are doing.
I think the win over the Patriots kind of sparked the Pendragons a little bit.
Pender has to continue to build off these wins and keep performing at a high level.
The Pendragons struggled while Ostrand was injured, but Pender hasn't missed a beat since she's come back.
The Pendragons have to stay healthy this next week with all the games they will be playing.
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