Mustangs much improved on Tuesday night versus Roger Bacon.  While coming up short 67-59 we experienced much better balanced scoring, as three Mustangs – Beckett Kuntz (18), Carson Hesse (14), and Brady Boruske (10) produced double-figures offensively, and Drew Steffen just missed with a trio of 3-Pointers in the third quarter.

The two teams battled to a 16-15 first quarter which saw the visitors on top, and Roger Bacon led 34-30 at the half.  After being knotted up at 45’s with 2:57 remaining in the third quarter, the Spartans went on an 8-0 run which paved the way to the 67-59 Roger Bacon win.  

Mustang turnovers and a 13 point advantage by the Spartans from the free-throw line were the major culprits contributing to our demise in this one.  In the second varsity game, Walton-Verona prevailed 70-64 in a nip and tuck battle, before the Bearcats drew off late.  Holmes Mark McCutchen led all scorers with 27 points.  We will be back in action at 5:30pm Saturday evening when we renew the annual Alexandria Businessmen’s Classic versus Campbell County at the Campbell County Middle School.  The format this year is a Boy-Girl Varsity Double-Header with the Boys playing the Lid-Lifter and the Girls playing back at 7pm.  

The second varsity game Tuesday featurd Holmes and Walton-Verona.  This was a nip and tuck battle throughout, with Walton-Verona prevailing down the stretch. Holmes’ Mark McCuthen put up 27 points for the Bulldogsk while Cole Dryden was tabbed the game MVP from Walton.

Our Mustang JVs proved to be the bright spot on this evening as they defeated the Roger Bacon JV Team handily 46-23 in the Tuesday prelim contest.  Following an 11-11 stalemate after 6 minutes, the Mustangs put up 15 to the Spartans 3 in the second frame, giving us a 26-14 halftime advantage which we would not relinquish.  Bauer Glass paced nine Mustang scorers with 10 points, all of which came in the second half.  Wyatt Feldman added 9, and Cohen Trauth 7, as the Mustangs JVs improved to 6-5.  They will be in action Sunday at 2:15pm in the Northern Kentucky Boys Basketball Coaches Association JV tournament at Highlands High School.