Boys Basketball Articles
by Rick Spotanski
February 16, 2010
On Thursday the Mustangs traveled to Clarkson to take on the Red Devils. It was a back and forth game. The Mustangs did not shoot the ball well on the night. They missed 21 shots in the lane and had problems keeping Clarkson off the boards. Clarkson went on to beat the Mustangs 54-49. “The kids played hard, we just missed too many point blank shots and it ended up costing us the game” stated Coach Brown. The Mustangs were led by Josh Herscheid’s 15 points, Mark Tomka 12 points, and Tate Erbst had 9 points.
Scoring by quarters.
Stanton-10-10-11-18=49
Clarkson-10-10-15-19=54
On Saturday the Mustangs were home for their last home game of the season against the West Point Beemer Cadets. The Mustangs jumped out to 10 point lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Stanton went on to win the game 71-50. Eleven different players got in the scorebook on the evening. “We wanted the seniors to go out with a win on their last home game, all kids played hard and did what it took to win the game” commented Coach Brown. Stanton was led by Josh Herscheid’s 16 points, Mark Tomka’s 13 points, Spencer Nikolite’s 12 points, Blake Heppner 8 points, and Micheal Eberly had 3 points and 8 steals.
Scoring by quarters
Stanton- 21-18-20-12=71
WPB-11-12-9-18=50
