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| Mustangs Beat Oak Hills In Cintas Center Slugfest 41-36 December 19, 2004 |
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| Click On The Radio At Right To Go To The Broadcast Replay |
| Photos Courtesy Of Tim Cooper |
| Eleven-One Run To Start The Second Half Paves Way For Mustangs To Win Our First Game In The Cintas Center in Four Tries One Of Kentucky's Smallest High Schools Take Out Ohio's Largest High School Jason Cooper Hits Two Three Pointers and Three Free-Throws Down the Stretch To Preserve The Victory And Improve to 5-0 In The Mike Code Era Ryan Anderson Finds Old Shooting Eye - Nails Three Threes |
| In listening to the replay of our broadcast of the Oak Hills game from the Cintas Center, as I had suspected we came down pretty hard on the Ohio based officials who worked the game. In all fairness they really deserved it. To allow a bigger more physical team to gain an advantage by beating up our guards, going over the backs of our forwards and calling the fouls on us, not allowing us to shoot free-throws on shooting fouls and on and on ranks right there with some of the most inconsistent officiating we have witnessed in a long time. The good news is that we were able to overcome it - and the fact that when we did get to the line, we didn't convert our free-throws, or hit our layups, or finish our stickbacks, and played short-handed should have all been factors that added up to get us beat. Instead we staggered out of the Cintas Center 5 and 0. The fact that we were able to play through all this, lay a little physical play on the Highlanders themselves in the second half, hit big shots when we needed them, and survive an Oak Hills rally down the stretch is a credit to just how tough this team of veteran Mustangs really is. If that which don't kill you will make you strong, we should be stronger for the effort. Things won't get easier as we take the show on the road to the 5th/3rd Classic at Lexington Catholic next week. |
| Our win over Oak Hills was our first Cintas Center victory in four attempts although we have been competitive in each. Throughout the first quarter we struggled to stay close and only a Ryan Anderson 3-ball allowed us to survive the quarter tied at 10. The second quarter was more of the same. An enchore Anderson "3" put the Mustangs on top in a short-lived 13-10 lead, which became a 22-19 deficit by halftime. Strong out of the locker-room the Mustangs worked their third quarter defensive magic again, holding the Highlanders scoreless for the first 7 minutes and 2 seconds of the third quarter before allowing a single point on a free-throw, outscoring Oak Hills 11-1 to take a 30-23 lead into the final stanza. Again, long range shooting accuracy by Jason Cooper and Ryan Anderson provided the majority of the Mustang offensive punch. |
Guards Brett Reilly and Brad Seiter were under constant pressure from the Oak Hills defense and were held to one point between them, after combining for 23 points Friday night in Winchester. The Hand Check point of emphasis must exist only south of the Ohio River. |
| Brossart led by as much as 10 points 38-28 late in the game but allowed the Highlanders to creep back to within three at the 17.1 second mark before pulling away on the merits of two Jason Cooper free-throws allowing the Mustangs to improve to 5-0 in the Mike Code era and escape with the 41-36 win. |
| The Mustangs will break for exams and Christmas and then will head to Lexington to face the winner of the Clay County/Owensboro Catholic game at 4:30pm on Monday afternoon in the 5th/3rd Classic at Lexington Catholic High School |
| Box Score: BB: Seiter 0-0-1/3-1, Anderson 0-3-2/2-11, Schenk 0-0-1/3-1, McCarthy 1-0-1/2-3, Mutsch 1-0-2/4-4, J.Cooper 1-2-5/9-13, McDole 2-0-4/4-8 Totals: 5-4-16 /28-41 OH: Miller 0-1-2/2-5, McDonough 1-0-0/0-2, Pogue 3-1-0/0-9, Kramer 4-0-3/4-11, Blakely 2-0-0/0-4, Bardo 2-0-1/2-5 Totals: 12-2-6/8-36 |
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