The H-BC boys’ basketball team fell to Southwest Christian 90-46 on Feb. 14 in Edgerton, lost a home game 81-54 to the Wolverines on Feb. 17, and came up short at Westbrook Walnut Grove, 67-35, in a game played Monday ahead of impending winter weather.
H-BC, with a season record at 9-13, was scheduled to travel to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on Friday, Feb. 24.
The Patriots will close out their regular season hosting Adrian Monday, Feb. 27.
SWC, 90, H-BC 46
The Patriots traveled to Edgerton to take on Southwest Christian Tuesday, Feb. 14, and lost a 90-46 game to the Eagles.
“We played much better offensively against SWC than we did the first time,” head coach Kale Wiertzema said.
“Their defensive pressure and ability to play up the line still forced us into too many turnovers.”
Freshman Micah Bush and sophomore Beau Bakken both scored 10 points for the Patriots.
Bush posted six rebounds, one steal and four assists. Bakken had two rebounds and one steal.
Freshman Jamin Metzger made nine points, grabbed four rebounds and had one assist.
Sophomore Sawyer Bosch netted seven points with one rebound and one assist.
Junior Riley Tatge and sophomore Cameron Allen added three points each.
Tatge had one rebound, one steal and one assist, and Allen had three rebounds, one steal and two assists in the game.
Senior Brock Harnack and freshman EJ Wegener contributed two points each, with Harnack adding three rebounds.
MLAC 81, H-BC 54
The Patriots boys’ basketball team hosted Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey Friday, Feb. 17, losing to the Wolverines 81-54.
“MLAC is a very talented offensive team. They change speeds so well within their offense. They are very difficult to defend,” Wiertzema said.
“MLAC shot over 50 percent from three and we gave up 19 offensive rebounds, which led to 23 of their points.”
Bakken led the Patriots’ scoring with 16 points. He also had four rebounds, two blocked shots, two steals and one assist.
Jamin Metzger posted 11 points, four rebounds and two assists.
Bosch added eight points, two rebounds, one blocked shot, one steal and four assists.
Bush and Harnack each netted four points for the Patriots.
Bush also had one rebound and two assists, and Harnack posted two rebounds and one steal for H-BC.
Allen made three points, one rebound, one steal and four assists.
Other Patriots scoring were Brayden Metzger, Eli Taubert and Wegener with two points each.
Tatge and Josh Wiersema each added one free throw in the game.
WWG 67, H-BC 35
The Patriot boys’ basketball team traveled to Westbrook Walnut Grove Monday, Feb. 20, a day early because of pending weather, losing a 67-35 game.
“We need to be more physical and aggressive on both ends of the floor and not allow opponents to dictate the style and pace of play,” Wiertzema said.
“When you’re struggling to score, giving your opponents extra possessions from offensive rebounds and turnovers doesn’t make things any easier.”
Because of technical problems, we can only report the players’ scoring in the game:
Bush – 4 points
Bosch – 4 points
Bakken – 11 points
Jamin Metzger – 4 points
Wegener – 4 points
Harnack – 4 points
Tatge – 4 points