Mustangs 2025 Basketball Post Season

Had you sat in on practice the past week, you would have known that our game plan was to defend from the rim out, and limit “Paint Points”, having had 46 of them scored against us back on February 17th in the SyDome.  Mission accomplished!  We allowed only 10 points in the paint for the first three quarters, and it was only when we were forced to come out on them when trailing late, that the Royals got it inside effectively.  Our second goal was to limit the production of Sophomore Braeden Myrick, who did score 21, but he’s pretty good.  What we were willing to give up was point production from support players, who were only able to generate 9 points collectively.  We knew there was also a risk of them hitting an inordinate number of three-pointers.  They hit 9 of them, but so did we.  The bottom line is their top three players contributed 57, while our top three scorers totaled 41.  It was a good game plan.

We laid a 5-0 early game deficit on the Royals who responded with a 7-0 run of their own.  They doubled it up on us at 12-6 causing us a few anxious moments, but by the end of the quarter Carson Hesse had come off of the bench, scored 8 points, and we had closed the gap to 17-16 and it was Game On.  The second quarter was a low scoring affair, however we managed to lead 25-23 at the two minute mark, when the Royals scored 7 points on two plays, both three-pointers, one of which was a four-point play, giving them a 5 point lead, 30-25, and momentum at halftime.  Both teams managed 11 points in the third quarter with the Royals on top 41-36.  Several times: 45-42, 47-44,  52-47, and 65-59 we put pressure on the Royals before the clock struck midnight for our Mustangs at 67-59, closing the book on the 2024-25 Season with a 15-16 record, and a few wins out there which somehow escaped our win column.  We were led by Parker Mulberry with 17 points.  Beckett Kuntz added 11, while Carson Hesse added 13 and was named to the 10th Region Tournament, All-Tournament Team.  Thanks to all of my broadcast partners this season – Dave Trentman, Rob Neltner, and Dustin Mulberry on the boys side, and Dan Schultz and John Reinecke on the girls broadcasts.

 We are the 10th Region “A” Champs and the 37th District Runners-up, and our coach has been named the “Class “A” Coach of the Year” for the second time in his three year tenure.  With the loss comes the end of the high school careers of Seniors Alex Combs, Dom Hadden, who closes out his Brossart High School Career with 554 career points, and Parker Mulberry, who finishes the season with 75 Three-Point Goals, and 166 of them in his career.  He finishes in 36th place all time among St. Mary/Bishop Brossart Career Scorers with 781 points, moving past Jackson Crawford (778) Monday night in his final game.

In the first game Monday night Montgomery County rolled to an 87-25 win over Harrison County.  Tuesday’s 10th Region Tournament action will see Nicholas County play Augusta at 6pm,and Campbell County will take on GRC in the nightcap at 7:30pm.  Those games can be heard via either commercial station featured below.