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| History Repeats Itself As Mustangs Fail To Overcome The Harrison County Hilltop Hex Are Upset By Breds 48-46 |
| History indeed repeated itself last night on the hilltop in Cynthiana where the Harrison County Thorobreds proved to be a much more formidable opponent on their home floor than at The Fieldhouse last Thursday night when our Mustangs had their way with these same Breds by a 59-38 score. The same scenerio played out in 2003 when the Stangs beat the Breds handily in the MCIT and then were upset on the hilltop in the return engagement. In addition to the Mustangs never having an easy time of it in Cynthiana, several things changed last night in that James Mullins, who was a no-show in the MCIT game returned to the Thorobred lineup and reported in with a 10 point performance and was a presence throughout the ballgame. Brossart struggled from the field hitting on only 2 of 17 attempts from beyond the arc and 14 of 51 overall from the field on the night and while we were 16 of 24 from the free-throw line, failed to take advantage of the Breds woes at the charity stripe in the second half where they connected on only 2 of 12. |
| Mustang big men combined for 34 points led by a 15 point effort by Nathan Mutsch. Troy Cooper put 14 on the board and Kyle Lubbers added 5. Brossart fell behind 18-10 after one period of play, but went on an 8-0 run to start the second period and tied the game at 18 giving we Mustangs fans the warm, fuzzy feeling that everything was OK and that our guys would go on to run away and hide from the homestanding Breds given time. Not to be - Harrison County would battle back to tie the game at 25 at halftime as the Stangs failed to establish any offensive consistency. In the MCIT game the Mustangs emerged from the lockeroom and salted the game away with a 15-4 third period, but that was then and this is now, and it became all too evident when the Stangs fell behind 39-32 after three quarters that our character would be tested on the hilltop. Sensing the urgency, our Stangs stepped it up a notch and tied the ballgame at 43 on two Troy Cooper free-throws with 2:41 to play before the Breds again extended the lead to 47-44 with 1:37 to play before the margain was narrowed by a Nathan Mutsch basket to make it 47-48 |
| at the :52 second mark. Harrison County did hit their second free-throw of the half to make it a 46-48 game with Brossart in possession of the ball where we got three good looks, but failed to put the ball in the basket as time expired just ahead of a Jimmy Uebel stickback to preserve the victory for the home team. Julius Talbert, who was held to four points in our previous encounter, led all scorers with 21 points and Mullins finished the game with 10. The Mustangs will return to the practice floor in preparation for Calvary Christian on Saturday and Scott next Tuesday in two all-important 37th District Seeding contests. BOX SCORE: Seiter 1-1-2/4-7, Franzen 0-1-0/0-3, Lubbers 2-0-1/2-5, Uebel 0-0-2/2-2, Mutsch 5-0-5/6-15, Cooper 4-0-6/10-14 Totals Mustangs: 12-2-16/24-46 8-4 2-1 Totals Breds: 16-3- 7/17-48 |
| JVs Nosed In Second Photo Finish In As Many Games Fall to Breds 29-28 |
| The Mustang JVs continued to play in hard luck, dropping their second one-point photo finish in as many games, after falling 36-35 to Montgomery County on Saturday in the finals of the MCIT Tournament and dropping a 29-28 decision last night to Harrison County. The Breds controlled the first half, leading 5-4 after a quarter and 13-11 at the half, after Brossart had taken a 10-8 lead shorly before intermission. The Mustangs led 15-13 and 17-15 before falling behind 17-19 and then regaining the lead at 21-19 after three quarters. Seven unanswered points by the Breds proved them a 26-21 lead with 2:47 to go. Kyle Kramer spearheaded a Mustang rally with a pair of free-throws and a huge 3-pointer with :46 to go, but that would be as close as we would come as the Stangs come up short 28-29. |
| Kyle Kramer led the Stangs with 11 points and Luke Rebholz added 8 as the JV Mustangs fall to 6-5 on the season. Box Score: Lloyd 0-0-0/1-0, Rebholz 3-0-2/2-8, Niemeyer 1-0-0/2-2, Kramer 3-1-2/2-11, Hansman 1-0-2/4-4, Stortz 0-0-1/2-1 Total Mustangs: 9-1-7/15-28 6-5 1-1 Total Breds: 10-2- 3/8 -29 |
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