In the last week our freshmen Mustangs have been accused of practicing the school motto of "Charity First" to a fault, spotting recent opponents leads of 18-2 and 9-2 in their last two games in the first quarter and then rallying from behind to make games of them.
Last night in the Mason County Fieldhouse the Varsity caught whatever it is that the Freshmen have and took the same route, spotting the Harrison County Thorobreds (that's how they spell it) 8-0 and 12-3 first quarter leads, and then gunning them down over the course of the next three periods to defeat the Breds 59-38, earning them a berth in the lower bracket of the MCIT semi-finals where they will face Pendleton County, who survived Campbell County 71-68 in the early game on Thursday night..
While the Mustangs trailed 25-21 at halftime, they would respond to an inspirational halftime talk and outscore the Breds 38-18 in the second half.
Mustang big men Nathan Mutsch and Troy Cooper would combine for 33 points with 17 and 16 respectively, and Jimmy Uebel and Brad Seiter combined their playmaking with scoring to put up 19 points between them. Our defense, which created turnovers resulting in baskets was largely responsible for our second half success, as well as improved offensive and defensive rebouding.
Box Score: Seiter 1-2-0/0-8, Rebholz 0-1-0/0-3,
Lubbers 1-0-2/2-4, Uebel 2-2-1/2-11,
Mutsch 7-0-3/3-17, Cooper 6-0-4/6-16
Total Mustangs: 17-5-10/13-59 8-2 2-1
Total Breds: 16-1- 3/6 -38 6-6 |
