On Monday the Chants played a make-up game against the St. Paul Wildcats. The game did not start well for the Chants with the Wildcats racing to 10-0 lead. Leading to a 17-9 first-quarter lead for the Wildcats. After the slow start, the Chants would fight back but could never take the lead in the 2nd half. “That was a tough hole to dig out of.” Coach Gates said after the game. In the 3rd quarter, the Chants would cut the deficit to eight.. In the 4th Chants would cut the lead to four multiple times but timely buckets by St. Paul kept the Chants at bay and the Wildcats won 62-55. The Chants were led by Talan Bruha with 17 points and five rebounds. Garret Severence added 11 points and Elijah Pollard kicked in 10 for the Chants.
On Tuesday night, The Chants hosted the Broken Bow Indians. The game started well for the Chants, with all the senior chants starting and playing their last game at home. This would be the last game at home for Talan Bruha, Blake Hinrichs, Jace Geiser, and Aidan Ryschon. The Chants would use that 1st quarter to race to a 15-8 lead. The Chants would not look back and take 19 19-point lead into the locker room. Then cruise to a 62-45 victory over the Indians. “That was probably our best half of basketball. Coach Gates said after the game. Coach Gates added, “It’s always nice to win the last game for the seniors and It was nice to send them out at home that way.” The Chants were led by Blake Hinrichs with 24 points. Jordan Willams added 11 points and Elijah Pollard added 10. Talan Bruah led the team with nine rebounds.
On Friday Night the Chants traveled to O’Neill and the slow start that plagued the Chants on Monday came again with the Eagles racing to a 12-0 Lead before the Chants' first bucket. “We faced a little adversity tonight with that start and we responded to keep ourselves in the game.” Coach Gates said. However, in the 2nd quarter, the Chants would get the lead down 9 before the half. In the 2nd half, the Chants could never get closer than seven and the Eagles would take a 63-52 victory. “We had some good looks that didn’t go down and if we hit a few of those the game is different.” Coach Gates said after the game. The Chants were led by Blake Hinrichs with 20 points. Colton Thompson added 17. Talan Bruha added nine rebounds for the Chants. The Chants will travel to Ravenna on Friday to end their regular season.