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| Royals Reign Supreme In JV-Varsity Sweep Varsity Succumbs To Post "A" Jinx 66-52 JVs Drop 32-26 Decision To Royal Couterparts |
| The Brossart Mustangs learned just how hard it is to return from a week of playing in the state's spotlight on a 94' floor where every game is played in a regional tournament atmosphere to returning home to a Tuesday night regular season game. NCC and even "A" State Champ Bardstown received similar messages. NCC had a tough chore under any circumstances, traveling to Park Hills to play CovCath, but Bardstown fell to 10-11 Nelson County after a weekend of celebrating their Touchstone Energy All "A" State Tournament conquest. Owensboro Catholic was spared the post "A" Jinx by remaining idle until Friday |
| The JV game should have provided the clue as our normally rock-steady reserves never could get in synch in falling to the JV Royals 32-26 after leading by a point, 11-10 at the break only to have the visitors put up 14 points in the third quarter and pave the way for the victory. The Varsity Royals would take the same road to success, breaking down the Mustang defense in the third quarter while going on a 24 point splurge and overtaking the Mustangs who had led 26-23 at the half, taking a 46-41 lead into the payoff period. The fourth quarter would prove no kinder to the home team as each time the Stangs would cut into the Royals lead, they would answer and spread the gap even wider, resulting in a fourteen point, 66-52 loss to Coach Chris O'Hearn's charges. |
| Jinxes and Bad Omens aside, the Mason County Royals are a quality basketball team, made up of a plethera of young talent that is going to keep them a regional contender for quite a while to come. They start a freshman, Russ Middleton, son of Kelly Middleton, who played on Coach Alan Feldhouse's 1981 10th Region Champion, State Runner-up team, and Darius Miller, who is already being pursued by major Division I colleges. To their credit they were able to come into our house and dominate us in the second half, by defending the passing lanes effectively, taking away our inside game, and answering each challenge as we presented it. Brossart shot out of the gate into a quick 7-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game, which was quickly answered out of a Chris O'Hearn time-out with a 7-0 run of their own, sending a message |
| that there would be no blow-outs on this night. Brossart emerged to take an 11-7 lead after the first period and were in charge 26-23 at intermission. In what is normally Brossart's magical third period, but has become a nightmare in our last two contests, the Royals rallied out of the locker-room to lay a 24-15 period on the Mustangs, forcing us to play the fourth quarter from behind 47-41. Three balls by Jimmy Uebel and Josh Kidney were soon negated by those of Tyreese Scott (2) and Darius Miller continued to work his magic in the paint, holding off the Mustangs for a 66-52 win over the homestanding Mustangs. |
| On the night, the Mustangs were led by Troy Cooper with 16 blue collar points, while Jimmy Uebel and Brad Seiter combined for 24 points at 12 each. Kyle Lubbers scored six points, all in the third quarter, and Josh Kidney checked in with 4 and Nathan Mutsch 2. Darius Miller led all scorers with 21, Tyreese Scott added 11 and Micah Turner put up 10. The Mustangs will now focus their attentions on Friday's NKAC encounter with Coach Schlarman's Highlands Bluebirds down in the City of Beautiful Homes. |
| Click On The Radio At Right To Listen To The Brossart-Mason County JV and Varsity Games Broadcast Replay |
Box Score: Kidney 0-1-1/2-4, Seiter 2-2-2/3-12, Lubbers 3-0-0/0-6, Uebel 2-2-2/3-12, Mutsch 1-0-0/0-2, Cooper 8-0-0/3-16 Total Mustangs: 16-5- 5/13 -52 15-7 Total Royals: 23-3-11/18-66 16-7 |
| JVs Harbinger Of Things To Come - Never Get In Synch Fall To Royals 32-26 |
| The JV game should have served as a harbinger of things to come as our Mustangs never ever seemed to get un-tracked or develop a rhythm as they fell to the JV Royals 32-26. We did manage to put up nine points in the first quarter to give us a 9-8 lead, as Kyle Kramer hit one from the inside and one from beyond the arc to provide five of those points, but both teams stalled out badly in the second quarter putting up two points apiece, giving the Mustangs a 11-10 lead at the break. Mason County managed to emerge from their funk in the third quarter putting up fourteen points and establishing a clear lead at 24-16 and rode it out for a 32-26 win despite an eight point fourth quarter by Greg Stortz. The Mustangs fall to 11-6 and the less-traveled Royals improve to 7-3. The Mustangs will take on Highlands on Friday night before engaging in the 37th District Tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Brossart has won the past four JV District titles in succession. Box Score: Lloyd 0-0-0/2-0, Ridder 1-0-0/0-2, Kramer 1-1-0/0-5, Hansman 3-0-1/2-7, Stortz 4-1-1/2-12 Totals Mustangs: 9-2- 2/6-26 Totals Royals: 11-1-7/13-32 |
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