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| Freshmen Mustangs Beat Newport 31-26 On Wednesday Night Fall To Ryle 36-22 On Thursday |
| The Freshmen Mustangs overcame a physical Newport Wildcats team and multiple-choice officiating in beating the homestanding Cats 31-26. Newport entered the game with a 5-3 mark and the most touted 8th grader playing freshmen basketball in Northern Kentucky in Arkansas Brewer. The Mustangs sported an 8-4 first quarter lead, the first in awhile, on two Justin Barth field goals that broke open a 4-4 tie game and the Stangs increased that margain to seven at 12-5 with 2:16 to go in the half which would end with the Stangs on top 16-11. Newport would rally to make a game of it, closing to within a point at 19-18 with 2:28 to go in the third period before being turned back by the Mustangs who led 23-20 after three periods of play. The Cats would threaten at 23-22 5:44 out and 25-24 |
| at the 4:59 mark before a Joe Webb triple and Tony Woeste free-throw extended the Stangs lead to 29-24 and two Mitch Patterson late game charity tosses put the Brossart freshmen back in the win column 31-26 for the game, 9-8 on the season, and 3-1 in the NKAC race. The hot-handed Arkansas Brewer led the Cats with 13 points. Box Score: Patterson 0-0-2/3-2, Webb 1-2-0/1-8, TWoeste 0-0-4/6-4, Wolfer 3-0-1/2-7, Weyman 0-0-1/2-1, Barth 4-0-1/2-9, Total Mustangs: 8-2-9/15-31 9-8 3-1 Total Cats: 10-1- 3/6 -26 5-4 |
| Freshmen Mustangs Resilient Against Newport In Beating Cats 31-26 In NKAC Division II Tilt |
| Ryle Had A "Go To" Man And The Mustangs Didn't In 36-22 Home Loss To The Raiders |
| The storyline of Thursday night's home loss to Ryle is fairly accurately captured in the words of the headlines. Kurt Russell was a man among men for the Raiders putting up 20 points and serving as an intimidating presence in the paint as our Mustangs struggled to put points on the board. Justin Barth led eight Mustangs scorers with 5 points. Were Russell to have stayed home in Union last night, I think the Mustangs would have been extremely competitive with these Raiders BUT he didn't and the |
| Mustangs simply had no answer for the Raider bigman as the Ryle improves to 7-5 on the year. The Mustangs fell behind 4-10 at the end of the first period and cut it to 9-13 at the half, but could muster only four points in the third stanza as Ryle pushed the lead back out to 23-13 and rarely missed their free-throws down the stretch magnifying the actual margain of victory which ended up 36-22. Box Score: Patterson 0-0-1/2-1, Kremer 0-1-1/2-4, Webb 0-1-0/0-3, TWoeste 1-0-2/2-4, Wolfer 1-0-0/3-2, Weyman 1-0-0/0-2, Barth 2-0-1/3-5, Dennis 0-0-1/2-1 Total Mustangs: 5-2- 6/14 -22 9-9 3-1 Total Raiders: 13-0-10/16 -36 |
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