The North Bend Central Boys won 83-67 at home over Howells-Dodge Thursday night before downing Wayne 54-47 at home Friday night.
The Tigers went up 22-12 after one on Howells-Dodge, and outscored the Jaguars 24-16 in the 2nd quarter to take a 46-28 lead into the locker room.
NBC won the 3rd quarter 19-15 to extend their lead to 65-43 at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge won the 4th quarter 24-18.
Two very good wins for the Tigers.
North Bend Central (16-4) takes on Fort Calhoun (8-11) on the road in Friday night's regular season finale.
The Pioneers won 76-50 at home over Tekamah-Herman Thursday night.
I look for the Tigers to close out the regular season strong and on a high note.
It appears that NBC is playing their best basketball of the season right now, and hopefully that continues.
Sub-Districts are set, and the Tigers have David City Aquinas Tuesday night.
The Monarchs beat NBC in last year's Sub-District Tournament so I think the Tigers know that things can quickly fall apart like they did in last year's postseason.
I'm sure North Bend Central really wants redemption this year, and a big win over Fort Calhoun on Friday can lead to positive things in the postseason.
It really won't matter either way until the postseason starts though because we saw the Tigers run the table last year before seeing their season come to a shocking and abrupt halt.
NBC simply has to correct what went wrong last year, and be on a redemption tour so to speak.
The North Bend Central Girls won 59-38 at home over Howells-Dodge Thursday night before defeating Wayne 56-32 at home Friday night. The Tigers also won 38-22 at home over Arlington in the C1-5 Sub-District Semifinals Tuesday night.
The Tigers led the Jaguars 17-12 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 10-8 to take a 27-20 lead into the locker room.
Both teams scored 13 points in the 3rd quarter, and NBC led 40-33 at the end of three.
The Tigers outscored the Jaguars 19-5 in the 4th quarter.
Kaitlyn Emanuel had 19 points while Cierra Kluthe and Sydney Emanuel notched 10 apiece.
NBC led the Blue Devils 20-0 at the end of the 1st quarter, and 31-11 at halftime.
The Tigers outscored Wayne 18-10 in the 3rd quarter to go up 49-21 at the end of three.
The Blue Devils won the 4th quarter 11-7.
North Bend Central got out to a 10-2 lead on the Eagles at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 4-3 to take a 14-5 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers outscored Arlington 13-9 in the 3rd quarter to go up 27-14 at the end of three.
NBC won the 4th quarter 11-8.
The Tigers (19-3) host West Point-Beemer (19-4) in the C1-5 Sub-District Final Thursday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Cadets beat Oakland-Craig 50-19 in the other Sub-District Semifinal Tuesday night.
These two teams have met twice so far this season with North Bend Central winning 63-38 in North Bend on December 10th and West Point-Beemer upsetting the Tigers 57-46 in the East Husker Conference Tournament Semifinals less than two weeks ago.
This is the rubber match and one that figures to be a great game.
The Tigers have to bring it and be on top of their game.
Both teams could still qualify for Sub-State with a Wildcard, but the loser chances that they won't make it in.
North Bend Central has to pick things up and get back to where they were at earlier in the season.
I kind of feel like the Tigers haven't been as dominant ever since losing to the Cadets on February 5th.
North Bend Central has to get up for this one and give West Point-Beemer everything they got.
The Tigers have to defend their home court and State Title.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on the Bull.
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