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| Mustangs Advance To 10th "A" Finals With 70-41 Win Over Silver Grove Janury 28, 2005 |
| The Mustangs shot lights out from the perimeter hitting sixteen standard variety and NINE three-point baskets. Silver Grove, the supposed masters of the threes, could muster only one 3-Ball in the first half and finished the night with three under pressure from intense Mustang defense. Kevin Smith got the three-point parade underway by connecting on three long-range jumpers in the first quarter as the Mustangs ran out to a 16-5 first period bulge. Brad Seiter kept it going in the second period by stringing back-to-back home run J's taking us to halftime with a 28-14 advantage from which the Trains would never recover. Big Train Blue-chipper Bryant McCarter was held to a single field-goal in the first half and 13 on the night. In the second half Steve McCarthy got hot from beyond the arc hitting on two 3-bangers while Brad Seiter contributed his third of the night as the Mustangs blew out to a 47-27 lead after three periods. Kevin Smith topped off a sixteen point night with yet another three, his fourth of the night, and Jason Cooper who shared scoring honors with Smith, just missed connecting on a three-ball, as his foot came down just inside the line. The Mustangs now roll into the 10th Region All "A" Championship Game with a 12-3 record and will take on the Paris Greyhounds, 50-34 winners over St. Patrick. I'm sure our seniors will remember being in a similar position four years ago when they were freshmen and were upended by the Greyhounds who pulled the upset, sending the Mustangs back to the classroom during All "A" State Week instead of to Richmond. That was then and this is now and feel that the lesson of 2002 has been well learned and our guys will come ready to play Saturday night. While the Mustangs were deadly from three-point land we are becoming known as the "Gang That Can't Shoot Free-Throws Straight" this season. Friday night was an especially poor demonstration of futility from the line. We rallied late in the game (hitting 6 of 6) to hit on 11 of 28 for 39% and went one stretch where we missed nine consecutive Free-Throws. We are convinced that this slump from the charity-stripe will be coming to an end soon, as each of the players in the lineup are accomplished Free Throw shooters. It seems that at this point, it has become mental and the Mustangs need to step up and knock 'em down like they know how. Evan McDole moved into 8th Place on our All-Time scoring list with 1134 points passing Nick Moher who had held the spot with 1130. |
| Box Score: Mustangs: Seiter 1-3-0/1-11, Lubbers 2-0-2/4-6, McCarthy 3-2-0/0-12, Uebel 0-0-2/2-2, Mutsch 0-0-0/2-0, J.Cooper 6-0-4/7-16, Smith 2-4-0/0-16, T.Cooper 0-0-1/2-1, McDole 2-0-2/10-6 Totals Mustangs: 16-9-11/28-70 BB 12-3 Trains: Faulkner 0-0-2/2-2, Bedel 1-0-1/2-3, C.Pelle 0-0-0/1-0, Wiseman 0-0-1/2-1, McCarter 3-1-4/5-13, Chaney 2-1-1/2-8, J. Pelle 4-1-3/4-14 Total Trains: 10-3-12/19-46 SG 16-3 |
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| Photos Courtesy Of Mr. Tim Cooper |