The first round of the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament ended in losses for both the girls and boys on Monday night. The girls played Centennial at Centennial, losing 21-50, and the boys played against Milford in Milford, losing a close one, 49-52.
Monday night, both the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams traveled out of town to play their first round of the SNC tournament. The girls battled the Centennial Broncos and lost 21-50. The girls had a slow start, scoring only four points in the first quarter, and could only manage single-digit scoring the rest of the game. The leading scorer for the Huskies was Ariane Sololuze with eight points.
GIRLS SCORING BY QUARTER VS. CENTENNIAL:
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL SCORING VS. CENTENNIAL: Sololuze 8, Klein 4, Hiebner 3, Janzen 2, Johnson 2, Buzek 1, and Minary 1
The Huskie boys also had a slow start against the Milford Eagles, with only eleven points in the first quarter. Turnovers and poor shooting plagued them. They came out in the second quarter playing better defense, getting a few stops, and got within 10 points before halftime. Thane Wetjen came out firing in the third quarter, scoring the first two buckets, followed by Sam Quiring and Carter Siebert getting as close as 33-37.
The fourth quarter was a thriller, with the Huskies inching back into the game, tying it up at 45-45 at about the two-minute mark. The rest of the game was a flurry of turnovers by both teams, and when it was all over, the Huskies couldn’t capitalize and score their layups on the turnovers. Carter Siebert fouled out with a little over two minutes to go in the game, and the Eagles also had a player foul out after Siebert. With six seconds to go, it was a one-point game at 49-50.
The Eagles made two free throws, and the score was 49-52 with just a few seconds left on the clock. Luis Alvarez threw up a half-court shot that had a chance and would have put the game into OT. Instead, it was a heartbreaker for the Huskies, losing 49-52.
BOYS SCORING BY QUARTER VS. MILFORD:
BOYS INDIVIDUAL SCORING VS. MILFORD: Regier 13, Wetjen 12, Goertzen 10, Siebert 10, and Quiriing 4
