By Alex Benzegala
Panhandle Post
The Alliance Bulldogs had moments of brilliance and excitement on Tuesday night in both the girls and boy's games in Chadron, but the Bulldogs fell short 46-27 in the girls contest and then 64-52 in the boy's game.
In the girl's game the game was close throughout, but it seemed like Alliance was playing catch-up most of the game trailing by six points after the first quarter 14-8 and by 11 in the second quarter before rallying to cut the Cardinals lead to just 20-17 lead at halftime.
Chadron took over in the second half, holding the Bulldogs to just ten points in the half. Tavarra Sayaloune had a monster night for the Cardinals with a game high 23 points. Macey Seebohm scored in double digits for Alliance for the second straight game at 10 points, so did Jaelynne Clarke with 10. All totals are unofficial KCOW stats.
Next up, Alliance faces North Platte on Thursday evening in the first round of the Western Conference Tournament
In the boy's game, Chadron started out fast, building a 6-1 early lead, but the Bulldogs fought back to get within two points 19-17 after one quarter.
Chadron had a big moment late in first half when Gage Wild hit a buzzer beating three-pointer to go into halftime, giving Chadron the 39-28 halftime lead. Alliance struggled defensively in the third quarter as they gave up 19 points in the quarter to go into the fourth quarter down 58-38.
Alliance had their best quarter of the game in the fourth where they shut down Chadron for most of the quarter and got the lead under 15 points, but it wasn't enough as Chadron held on 64-52.
Seth Meyring had an outstanding game for the Bulldogs, scoring 21 points. Tristen Timbers had 11. Next up for Alliance is a Western Conference Tournament game against Sidney on Thursday.