periods and cruised to the 65-45 win, our fourteenth of the season. Eleven Mustangs dented the scoring column as Steve McCarthy added 12 points, Jason Cooper 9, and Kevin Smith 8. The Mustangs will attempt to continue their momentum Saturday night vs Simon Kenton in Independence.
The JVs were forced to play from behind on Friday night as the Highlands Bluebirds dictated the tempo in the early minutes of the game as they ran out to a quick 9-3 lead. Following a Bob Rowe 30-second time-out the Mustangs got about the business of beating the Bluebirds and did just that 45-28, led by Troy Cooper's 14 points.
The JVs will travel to Pendleton County High School for a 1:30pm game with the Bracken County Polar Bears in the 38th District JV Tournament and then proceed to Simon Kenton High School for a 6pm regular season engagement with the Polar Bears. Should the Mustangs prevail in their Saturday afternoon encouter with Bracken County we would return on Sunday afternoon at 2pm for the 38th District Championship ballgame.
Box Score: Mustangs: Kidney 0-0-2/2-2,
Lloyd 1-0-4/4-6, Franzen 1-0-1/1-3,
Niemeyer 0-1-0/0-3, Lubbers 0-0-3/8-3,
Uebel 1-1-3/4-8, Mutsch 3-0-0/0-6,
Cooper 6-0-2/4-14
Totals: 12-2-15/23-45 17-0
Birds: Hurtt 1-0-0/3-2,
Hudepohl 0-3-0/0-9, Stewart 2-3-0/0-7,
Shields 1-0-0/0-2, Stein 0-0-0/1-0,
Ball 0-0-2/2-2, Eaton 1-0-0/0-2,
Wise 1-0-0/0-2, Kruse 1-0-0/0-2
Totals: 7-4-2/10-28 8-5
In Friday night's play with Highlands, Troy Cooper scored a combined 16 points JV and Varsity to close to within six points of scoring 1,000 points, albeit scored at the Freshmen, JV, and Varsity levels. While this is not a recognized category it is nonetheless quite an accomplishment for a sophomore. Senior Michael Schenk accomplished the feat last season as a Junior and MAY have been the first and only to do it. Nathan Seiter the only player since Nathan Seiter to accomplish the feat. Nate had already hit the 1,000 point mark in his Junior year. |
