This weekend the Brossart Mustang JVs merely did what they they know how to do best. Suit up, play hard, mesmorize their opponents with their passing and shooting, exploit the very nature of the game they play to find the optimum scoring opportunity, and take your game away from you with their defense. The JV Mustangs offensive strength lies at the intersection of "brute force" when the ball goes to the block and "string music" when the guards are permitted to shoot from the perimeter while in-between employing laser-sharp passing and an in-your-face defense that makes teams forget what it is they are suppose to be running. Versus the JV defense it is no longer offense - but survival..
What makes this team special is that it doesn't matter which combination of bigs/smalls are in the game the beat goes on. Adam Franzen, Josh Kidney, Matt Lloyd leave no prizes behind Door 1-2-or 3. In the post Troy Cooper, Kyle Lubbers, or Nathan Mutsch is going to be there to greet you - there is no downtime in the Mustangs' paint. Out on the wings Jimmy is either going to burn you with a 3-ball or dissect you with a pass to a cutter or a post-up player on the block. Kyle Kramer is the glue that makes it all stick together, a perfect blend of finesse and blue-collar, who can step up and score when need-be. Add in the bench depth provided by Luke Rebholz, Bryan Niemeyer, and Nick Clark and it combines to form a product that is 20-0 after capturing their third consecutive 38th District Championship after defeating Pendleton County a team sporting a 16-1 mark, having lost only to Brossart previously this season, and was supposedly out for revenge.
Negatory on revenge, revenge left the building somewhere just before halftime when the Mustangs drew off to a 24-11 lead with 2:14 remaining in the first half. With the Mustangs leading 25-13 at the break, the Cats had to push themselves back up the steps to even come out to play the second half where things didn't get any easier as our guys ran out to a 41-18 lead at the end of the third period when Coach Rowe called off the dogs.
Jimmy Uebel hit three 3's and scored 13 points despite being the object of a Pendleton County Box and Chaser for a portion of the game. Troy Cooper led all scorers with 14 points on the day and Nathan Mutsch pitched in 8 points and a seemingly similar amount of rebounds.
A Wildcat named Dennie put up 9 for the Wildcats, while the Mustangs held the HIGHLY touted Hurri-Kane Belcher to merely four points for the afternoon.
Box Score: Kidney 1-0-1/2-3, Rebholz 1-0-0/2-2,
Franzen 0-1-0/0-3, Kramer 0-1-0/0-3,
Uebel 1-3-2/2-13, Mutsch 1-0-6/6-8,
Cooper 6-0-2/5-14
Mustang Totals: 10-5-11/18-46
Wildcats Totals: 4-2-11/14-25
The Sophomores on this team are now 44-2 over two years in this program and the Juniors 53-12 while wearing Mustang uniforms. |
