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| Mustangs Swept By Tribe In NKAC Division II Tripleheader |
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| Color us spoiled!!!! For the past three years while the JVs were going 20-3, 20-3, 23-0, and the Freshmen team of two years ago going 24-2, never were the Mustangs Freshmen, JVs, and Varsity defeated on the same playbill. They say that all good things must come to an end and tonight the Holy Cross Indians collected scalps from all three Mustangs teams in NKAC Division II contests in Latonia. Just a week ago we were basking in the glory of having taken out the JV and Varsity Campbell County Camels, but on this night there was no spurt, no 26-2 runs, no Nathan Mutsch, no dominance by Troy Cooper, few visits to the free-throw line, and 15% shooting from behind the arc, all of which added up to a long bus ride home from Latonia. The Mustangs were responsible for their own undoing as they were unable to connect with any consistency from long-range, |
| Combination Of Factors Adds Up To Equal Mustangs 41-38 Road Loss At Holy Cross |
| hitting a measley 3 of 20 for the game, and our normally one man wrecking crew, Troy Cooper, was stymied by an even larger presence in a guy named Scruggs. Even with the cold shooting hands our Mustangs managed to outscore the Indians from the field 35-30 but the Indians converted 9 of 13 from the charity stripe as opposed to our 3 of 7, which proved to be the difference in the game. The final couple of minutes of the game were rather inconsequential as the game was played at that point on rapidly deteriorating playing surface conditions that somewhat limited all of the players range of floor motion. Kyle Lubbers, who has been sidelined the entire previous week with a severly sprained ankle was valiant while replacing Nathan Mutsch in the lineup and spelling Troy Cooper. Lubbs was our second leading scorer with 10 points. Brad Seiter led the Stangs with 12. |
| The Mustangs who fall to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference race, were led in the scoring column by Brad Seiter with 12 points, Lubbers pitched in 10, Troy Cooper and Birthday Boy Josh Kidney tacked on 6 each and Adam Franzen, the hero of the Campbell County game one week ago, and Jimmy Uebel both added a basket. The Indians were paced by Ryan Busse with 11. Box Score: Kidney 3-0-0/0-6, Seiter 1-3-1/2-12, Franzen 1-0-0/0-2, Lubbers 4-0-2/2-10, Uebel 1-0-0/1-2, Cooper 3-0-0/2-6 Totals Mustangs: 13-3-3/7-38 Totals Indians: 12-3-9/13-42 |
| JVs See 30 Game Win Streak End In 41-32 Loss To Indians |
| After the Mustangs led 12-8 after a period it appeared business as usual with the JVs, but a two point second quarter in which they were outscored 10-2 severely compromised their chances and led to their ultimate demise against a quality Holy Cross JV team. The Stangs couldn't keep pace in the second half, being outscored 23-18 causing Bob Rowe's team to lose their first game 41-32 after a 30 game win skein. Sophomore Ben Ridder who continues to improve on a game-to-game basis teamed with veteran Kyle Kramer to produce 8 points apiece in leading the Mustangs offensive attack. The Indians were led by Will Eifert who had 14. Box Score: Ruberg 0-0-2/2-2, Niemeyer 3-0-1/2-7, Ridder 4-0-0/0-8, Kramer 1-1-3/6-8, Hansman 3-0-1/2-7 Totals Mustangs: 11-1-7/12-32 Total Indidans: 15-2-5/14-41 |
| Freshmen Mustangs Get It Together After Slow Start - Then Forget Where They Put It In Second Half Drought - Fall 33-26 |
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| After a nightmarish start that saw the Freshmen Mustangs fall behind 12-2, the greenies got their collective act together sparked by an 8 point first half from Justin Barth, who was the trigger man when the Stangs broke the press, and some nifty perimeter shooting from Mitch Patterson and Joe Webb to go on a 14-0 run and take a 16-12 lead midway through the second period. The Stangs would trade baskets with the Tribe in the waning minutes of the first half taking a 19-18 lead to the locker room at intermission. The second half was a repeat of the opening minutes of the game, only this time there would be no Mustangs rally as the visitors would amass only two points in the 3rd Quarter, being outscored 7-2 and then again 8-5 in the fourth period as the Indians took the Mustangs scalp - 33-26. Box Score: Patterson 0-1-1/2-4, Webb 1-1-0/0-5, TWoeste 1-0-0/0-2, MWoeste 1-0-0/0-2, Kremer 1-0-0/0-2 Wolfer 1-0-1/2-5, Barth 4-0-0/0-8 Total Mustangs 9-2-2/4-26 Total Inidians: 15-0-3/8-33 |