The South Hardin girls and boys basketball teams will look for a pair of marquee NICL-West upsets over ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck programs in a doubleheader on Thursday. G-R swept the first meeting of the year, as the girls won 48-29 and the boys won 57-45 on December 17.
The South Hardin girls (4-9, 2-4 NICL-West) narrowly lost 47-46 in overtime to Grundy Center in conference on Tuesday. The Tigers put in the work on offensive boards with 12.5 rebounds per game. Alli Sheldahl leads with 13 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
Tigers Head Coach Nick Eller on keys to rematch with Rebels.
“It will be a really tough game against a ranked team. I think they have a really nice scoring punch with the two girls that lead them in scoring. We need to do a better job of shutting them down. We let them get going and they had too much easy stuff last time. We’ve got to really slow them down better,” says Eller. “Nothing’s gonna come easy, but I think these are games that we can be right there with them, if we play the way we are capable of. We need to get rid of the scoring drought that we usually have about once a game. We got to keep playing more consistent defense to keep ourselves in the game. I hope that’s the formula we need.”
The #11 (1A) Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls (11-2, 5-1 NICL-West) won 60-24 over AGWSR in conference on Tuesday. The Rebels are an efficient offensive team through 13 assists per game. Kennedy Brant leads the charge with 16.8 points and 12 rebounds per game.
The South Hardin boys (5-8, 2-4 NICL-West) lost 59-46 to #6 (2A) Grundy Center in conference on Tuesday. The Tigers are a solid perimeter shooting team at 46.4 percent from the field. Sam Benson leads with 10.8 points per game at 36.9 percent from the field.
The #8 (1A) Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys (9-2, 3-2 NICL-West) lost 57-52 to #6 (2A) Grundy Center in conference on Friday. The Rebels are a dangerous three point shooting team at 37.3 percent. Drew Eilers leads with 15 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.
Action begins at 6:15 p.m. in Eldora.
