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| Mustangs Sizzle, Then Fizzle In MCIT Semi-Finals 60-44 Loss To Pendleton County |
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| The "New Era" Brossart Mustangs out-executed, out-defended, out-shot, and generally out-played the 10th Region's top ranked Pendleton County Wildcats for the entire first quarter in the Semi-Finals of the MCIT on Friday night, opening up a 16-4 lead, and wondering why other teams were having so much trouble with the seemingly vulnerable Wildcats, as Jimmy Uebel victimized the PC defense for eight of those sixteen points. The Mustang lead would expand to 25-11 midway through the second period as the Mustangs continued to run away and hide over the defending regional champs and state's sixth ranked team as our stock soared and thoughts began drift off towards visions of similar success again later in the season back in this same venue with a trip to Rupp on the line. It was at that point that an abrupt turnaround took place and Brossart would not score again for the remaining three and a half minutes of this half and the first four minutes of the third quarter, resulting in an 18-0 Pendleton County run and a four point 25-29 deficit. When the Mustangs finally had the lid removed at the 4:02 mark on a Nathan Mutsch score, the Stangs and Wildcats would go toe to toe for the remainder of the period which ended with the two teams deadlocked at 38 and the anticipation of a Fieldhouse photo-finish loomed. |
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| Tied at 38-38 after three quarters, the Wildcats had the last dance with Big Mo spearheaded by a fourth quarter onslaught by Jon Elrod who would reel off the first twelve points of the period, while once again the Mustangs failed to score and suddenly found themselves on the verge of being blown out, down 38-52. Elrod would end the period with sixteen total points and would lead all scorers on the night with 25 points as the Cats would go on to claim the first of a potential three game series with the Mustangs 60-44, sending the Stangs back up the double-A scratching their heads, wondering what had just befallen them. Normally consistent Troy Cooper, who was coming off of a 28 point performane vs Christian County, earning him the AIT MVP award, was seemingly stymied by the Pendleton County big man tag team of Patrick Elliot and Kane Belcher as Cooper could muster only four points on the night. As a whole the Mustang big man corps of Cooper, Lubbers, and Mutsch were restricted to 14 points of the Mustangs total 44 point output. Jimmy Uebel led the Stangs with 17 points as the Mustangs fall to 8-3 on the season. Box Score: Seiter 3-0-0/1-6, Rebholz 1-0-0/0-2, Franzen 1-1-0/0-5, Lubbers 1-0-2.2-4, Uebel 5-2-1/3-17, Cooper 2-0-0/0-4 Total Mustangs: 16-3- 3/8 -44 8-3 1-1 Total Wildcats: 19-4-10/12-60 |
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