DCS Girls Basketball Team Survive in Opening Round

Lincoln, NE - The Dundy County-Stratton Tigers the #1 overall seed in the NSAA Girls State Basketball Tournament survived a scare from #8 seed Loomis in the opening round of the State Tournament from Pinnacle Bank Arena.  In a game where both teams would commit many turnovers and missed free throws came down to the very end of the game in a 37-36 win for Dundy County-Stratton. DCS turned the basketball over 29 times while Loomis turned over the basketball 27 times.

DCS was led in scoring by Emily Schack who finished with 14 points.

Loomis was led in scoring by Sophia Schemper who finished with 16 points.

Box Score - End of 1st - Loomis 11-9, Halftime - Loomis 22-14 - End of 3rd - Loomis 31-26 - Final - DCS  37-36.

DCS Head Coach Matt Schaub and his thoughts after the game found below.

DCS improves now to 26-1 on the year while Loomis season ends at 14-11. DCS will now play Archangels Catholic for the State Semi-Final at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday at 9:00am CT. Listen to the game on Coyote Country 105.3 and online coyote105.com.

Updated State Tournament Bracket found HERE