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| Mustangs Dispatch Highlands Improve To 7-0 Overall, 3-0 In NKAC Div II Conference Troy Cooper and Nathan Mutsch Combine For 46 Points JVs Bust Out For 42-28 Win Behind 15 Point Performance By Greg Stortz Freshmen Compete With Vaunted Highlands Freshmen - Fall 33-30 December 22nd, 2006 |
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| Click On The Radio At Right To Listen To The JV and Varsity Game Broadcast |
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| This Night Belonged To The Mustang Big Men As Mutsch and Cooper Combine For 46 In Mustangs' 66-45 Win Over Highlands |
| Bob Rowe's JVs |
| Mustang JVs Run Roughshod Over Bluebirds 42-28 Behind Greg Stortz's Fifteen Point Performance Improve To 6-1 Overall 3-0 In Conference |
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| Nathan Mutsch picked an opportune time to break out and make his presence known. The big Mustang forward who had missed the first three games of the season with an ouchy knee, scored 9 points in the first quarter enroute to a 21 point performance on the night while pulling down 13 rebounds. He combined with Troy Cooper, who led the Mustangs with 25 points to account for 25 of the Mustangs 31 first half points, and 46 of the Mustangs 66 points on the night. Seven Mustangs put ink in the scorebook against the Bluebirds and the team shot a combined 21 of 32 from the free-throw line. Bryan Niemeyer played a solid ballgame netting 8 points on the night. With the win the Mustangs improve to 7-0 overall and are now 3-0 in the KNAC Division II race. The Mustangs tie a school record for best starts at 7-0, matching the start of the 2004-05 Mustangs and go 3-0 in the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference race as we head to the 5th/3rd Tournament the week of December 26-30. Box Score: Kidney 0-0-03/4-3, Patterson 0-0-1/2-1, Niemeyer 4-0-0/0-8, Kramer 1-0-2/2-4, Uebel 2-0-0/0-4, Mutsch 4-1-10/16-21, Cooper 10-0-5/8-25, Total Mustangs: 21-1-21/32-66 7-0 3-0 Total Bluebirds: 13-2-13/20-45 2-3 1-2 |
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| Coach Bob Rowe's JVs improve to 6-1 on the season, and 3-0 in the NKAC Conference race with a 42-28 demolition of the JV Bluebirds. This was a complete offensive turnaround from the game played vs Lexington Catholic less than twenty-four hours prior. In that game the offense completely shut down late in the game and the team was lucky to preserve a 28-25 victory. Against the Bluebirds, Greg Stortz turned in a career performance, netting 15 points, including a three-point field goal, spearheading a 48 point onslaught that saw 10 Mustangs contribute to the offensive effort and the 14 point victory. The two freshmen, Jordan Armstrong and Jacob Rieger were the second leading scorers with six points apiece. There is a bible quote out there somewhere that says "Be Not Disbelievers - But Believers." It is nothing short of amazing, the results that Coach Bob Rowe gets from his junior varsity basketball teams. Bob's Chinese Fire Drill System of Substitution keeps fresh legs in the game at all times and takes its toll on our opposition. Step up performances such as Greg Stortz demonstrated surely doesn't hurt, nor does a lift provided by the two freshmen Jordan Armstrong and Jacob Rieger, who benefit personally from the experience and help the team by adding depth and talent to the JV squad. BOX SCORE: Armstrong 0-0-6/8-6, Patterson 1-1-0/0-5, Webb 0-0-2/2-2, Ridder 1-0-0/0-2, T.Woeste 0-0-1/3-1, Rieger 3-0-0/0-6, Wolfer 0-0-1/2-1, Barth 1-0-0/0-2, Weyman 1-0-0/0-2, Stortz 5-1-2/4-15 Total Mustangs: 12-2-12/19-42 6-1 3-0 Total Bluebirds: 6-4- 4/6-28 |
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| Mustangs Fall 33-30 To Highly Touted Highlands Freshmen |
| The Freshmen Mustangs answered a lot of questions about being a championship caliber basketball team by competing eye to eye with the highly touted Highlands Bluebirds Freshmen who are generally conceded to be among the top three freshmen teams in Northern Kentucky (Boone County, Dixie Heights,and Highlands). Our Mustangs led the vaunted Birds 13-10 at the end of the first period and 21-20 at halftime. There were three lead changes in the third quarter before the Birds took and extended the lead to 30-24. The Mustangs battled back doggedly, outscoring the Birds 6-3 in the final stanza and had the ball in the air that would have sent the game to overtime when the final buzzer sounded, before falling 33-30. The Mustangs actually outscored the Birds from the field 29-27, but failed to establish an inside presence in the game, limiting their trips to the free-throw line to only two attempts, where they were outscored by the Birds 6 to 1. The Mustangs drop to 7-2 on the season and will face these same Bluebirds freshmen on Tuesday in the Holy Cross Invitational Christmas Tournament. Jacob Rieger led the Stangs with 11 points on the night, with Nicholas Hanneken breaking out with a 9 point performance, signaling that he may be ready to become a major contributing factor for the remainder of the freshmen season. Jordan Armstrong and Sean Crowley put four points apiece on the board and Ben Kroger rounded out the Mustangs scoring with a bucket for two points. Tyler Grubbs led the Birds with 12 points. Credit the Bluebird defense with holding our Mustangs to only 30 points for the game. BOX SCORE: Armstrong 2-0-0/0-4, Hanneken 3-1-0/0-9, Crowley 2-0-0/0-4, Rieger 5-0-1/2-11, Kroger 1-0-0/0-2 Total Mustangs: 13-1- 1/2-30 7-2 2-2 Total Bluebirds: 12-1- 6/9-33 |
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| The Picture At Left Captured by Enquirer Photographer Greg Loring And Published In The December 23rd Edition Of The Kentucky Enquirer demonstrates just why you've got to love Jimmy Uebel. On a play that appeared to be going to be a routine out of bounds play, Jimmy saw a narrow window of opportunity, streaked down the sideline, salvaged the errant pass and made a circus pass to a teammate. Very few players could have made that play. Jimmy Uebel is one of those players. |