Keep a team in a hotel for four straight days, bring them in to practice for two hours at 8am in the morning and then send them out to play a contentious opponent at 1pm without one of their top players and you might find yourself on the short end of a 16-4 deficit in the first quarter of the ballgame.
That is exactly what took place today in the 1pm JV game with the GCL Cincinnati McNicholas Rockets.
The Mustangs were forced to dig out of their hole to get it back to 16-9 at the quarter stop, and found themselves still trailing 24-19 at the half. A big third quarter put the Stangs back on top 40-34 and it was a three point game at 41-38 with 4:18 to play. That would be as close as the Rockets would get for the remainder of the game. 8 of 11 fourth quarter Mustangs free-throw shooting held the guys from the GCL off as the Mustangs posted their seventh win of the season vs NO defeats by a final score of 56-51. Adam Franzen led all scorers with 15, Troy Cooper had 14, and Jimmy Uebel put up 10 points, all in the second half.
The Mustang JVs are now 7-0 and will take on Elder on Tuesday in the pit at 5:30pm.
Box Score: Kidney 2-0-0/0-4, Lloyd 0-0-0/2-0,
Rebholz 0-1-1/2-4, Franzen 2-2-5/8-15,
Lubbers 0-0-5/6-5, Uebel 2-1-3/4-10,
Clark 2-0-0/0-4, Cooper 6-0-2/6-14
Totals: 14-4-16/31-56 |
