on the merits of ten first quarter points by Trevor Setty - the last points that Setty would score for the remainder of the game.
Brossart would hold the Royals scoreless for the first four minutes of the second period while going on an 8-0 run of our own to make it a 16-15 Mason County lead with our Mustangs knocking on the door. Darius Miller stopped the Mason County bleeding with a baseline jumper which was answered by Jimmy Uebel at the 2:08 mark, again closing the gap to 18-17, but that was as close as the Brossart Mustangs would come for the rest of the game. The Royals went on a 7-0 run of their own in the final two minutes of the first half to take a 25-17 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Mason County increased their lead to 42-29 by outscoring the Stangs 17-15 in the third period and it appeared that the Royals had secured their spot in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament. BUT, as Don Weber from ICN-6 is fond of saying - The Mustangs Would Come Back!
Josh Kidney, sensing the urgency, and feeling his team's lifeblood running out onto the Mason County Fieldhouse hardwood unleashed a 17 point barrage in what would become a Bishop Brossart 28 point fourth quarter.
With 38 seconds to play in the baskeball game the Mustangs closed the gap to 58-54, but that was as close as we would come. A slam dunk by Tony Browning and an ensuing Mustang turnover put the Royals in a position where the Mustangs were forced to resort to fouling them, accounting for the final score of 63-57 and earning the respect of the homestanding Royals, in front of a large crowd and Tennessee Head Coach Bruce Pearl, in the house to watch Darius Miller (and possibly Trevor Setty) perform.
Troy Cooper put forth a super-human effort, playing just short of all 32 minutes, leading the Mustangs offensive attack with 24 points and 12 rebounds, closing the book on his high school basketball career as the twelfth leading scorer in the history of our sport at Brossart with 1,077 varsity points and 2,100 points while wearing a Brossart Freshman, JV, or varsity uniform. Josh Kidney put up 19, giving him 534 career varsity points and 725 en mass.
Jimmy Uebel was strapped with foul trouble from the opening moments of the game and finished the day with 6 points. Jimmy finishes his career with 738 varsity points and 1273 overall. Bryan Niemeyer scored 4 today versus the Royals bringing his career varsity points total to 271 and will always be remembered as the hero of our All "A" State title run, and 515 overall career points. Luke Rebholz also contributed 4 today, putting up a total of 104 career varsity points and a grand total of 416 points in his Mustangs career. Nathan Mutsch didn't score today, but finishes his high school career with 443 varsity points and a total of 792 overall. Kyle Kramer completes his basketball career with 99 varsity points and 345 total. Matt Lloyd put up 41 varsity points and 205 career total points. Those numbers are a result of some quick math on my part and are certainly not official, I'll double check them and put them on the 2007 Varsity final stats page. |
