Lincoln, NE – The Bulldogs are headed into the Christmas break after taking a few tough losses against the Lincoln North Star Navigators.
The Lady Dawgs started things off right where they left after the game against Lexington. The hot shooting continued in the first quarter for the Lady Dawgs as they jumped to a 13-9 lead.
Gracie Haneborg hit two 3pt shots, Callie added 5 pts with Kamryn Hughes hitting a pair of free throws.
In the second it was a lot of back and forth action, the offense picked up for the Dawgs while they played good defense, holding the Navigators to just 7 points in the second quarter while scoring 10 themselves. Gracie lead the way with 7pts in the quarter to end the half with 13. The Dawgs had the lead going into the break 23-16.
Coming out of halftime the Navigators picked up their intensity all across the board, lead by Husker Volleyball commit Bekka Allick who scored 6pts in the 3rd as well as pulling down 5 reb in the quarter. She was all over the Lady Dawgs on defense, frustrating the North Platte girls to the point they could not get a good look at the basket. Gracie Haneborg lead the 3rd quarter scoring for North Platte with 6pts.
At the end of three-quarters of play, the teams were knotted up at 34.
The fourth quarter started off with a lot of back and forth play from the two teams as they continued to trade baskets at the start. The Lady Dawgs were in foul trouble for much of the period, Gracie Haneborg, Abby Orr and Peyton Negley all would play much of the quarter with four fouls. Negley would eventually foul out.
The Navigator offense was a little too much to handle for the Dawgs, they were outscored 20-15 in the quarter to lose 54-49. Gracie Haneborg leads the way again with 22 pts 2 reb. Also scoring in double digits were Callie Haneborg (11pts, 2reb) and Abbie Hedgecock (10pts, 3reb). The girls are 4-4 on the season and will play next in the GNAC tournament in Columbus Dec 27-29th.
The boys went into the game with high expectations coming off a good victory against a district opponent they felt they had momentum on their side.
In the first, it was apparent that both teams wanted to get out and run as much as they could. Lincoln North Star opened the game with a full court press on the Dawgs and teams traded the lead 5 times in the quarter before it ended 21-16 in favor of the Navigators. Steven Garcia, Kiya Kramer both had 5 points in the quarter, Caleb Horne was right behind them with 4.
The Dawgs would come out cold in the second quarter. While North Platte was able to get good looks at the basket nothing seemed to be falling. The Dawgs would only put up 5 points in the second to Lincoln North Star’s 15. At the half it was 36-21 North Star.
The whole of the second half was much the same as the end of the first. North Platte would struggle shooting from the field while the duo of Donovan Williams and Josiah Allick for the Navigators kept pouring in the points.
North Platte would fall 82-52, now 2-6 on the season headed into the GNAC tournament.
Placement and brackets for the GNAC are expected to come out the early afternoon of the 21st.