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Bombers advance at the expense of the Broncos
Mike Zink
The Mustang Broncos lost their bid to advance in regional action Friday night with a lopsided 51-33 spanking at the hands of Midwest City Bombers at Norman High School.
The Broncos finished the season with a respectable 12-11 record under head coach Alan Green.
“It’s been a quality season we have a winning record, a legacy these seniors can leave for the classes to come,” said Green after the game.
The Broncos tied the game early in the opening quarter with Donnie Woodard hitting an open Nathan Walters with a pass in the lane drawing the foul from Jarod McDaniel. Walters converted the old fashioned three-pointer knotting the score at three apiece.
Austin Feuerborn later hit Balensiefen in stride for an easy lay-up cutting the Bombers lead in half with 4:35 left in the quarter.
The Broncos closed out the quarter with Kevin Kerner weaving his way in the lane for the easy finger roll lay-up finding its way over the front of the rim to cut the Bombers lead to 18-7 to start the second quarter.
The Bombers lived up to their name in the first quarter scoring 13 of their 18 points from beyond the arc with Jarod McDaniel leading the way with eight points.
“They’ve got shooters but I’m an inside-out guy I don’t want to give up the inside and when they started scoring from the outside it loosens things up,” Green said. “We got to give them credit because when we tightened up on the inside they hit a lot of three-point shots.”
The Bombers stretched their lead to 34-17 at the break behind a 10-point quarter by senior Xavier Alexander.
Kerner and Balensiefen combined for eight of the Broncos 10 points in the quarter with Andrew Roberts adding a lay-up late in the period.
“Xavier Alexander is one of the best post players in the state so we were specifically trying to clamp down on the inside and take him out of his game,” Green said.
Walters brought the Broncos back in the third quarter scoring seven points in the period and Woodard catching fire from outside the line knocking down two treys cutting the Bombers lead to 51-33 to start the fourth quarter.
The Broncos came within a single point from matching their total output in the first half scoring 16 points in the quarter keeping the game in range for the Broncos.
“I told the kids at halftime we were down by 13 to PC North and we cut it to three so anything can happen,” said Green.
“Bottom line: we have a bunch of winners on this team so I didn’t think for a minute we were about to get blown out. I knew they would fight their way back,” added Green.
“Sometimes when a team gets a bigger lead they will tend to coast and I know my guys would keep fighting and we made it respectable.”
The Broncos matched their third quarter total scoring 16 points in the final period with Walters scoring eight points including a turn-a-round trey at the buzzer. Roberts and Woodard added five points with Kerner rounding out the scoring in the final frame with an uncontested lay-up.
Despite outscoring the Bombers in the final frame the first half deficit was too much for the Broncos to overcome falling at the feet of the Bombers 64-49 putting an end to the Broncos season.
“This is Midwest City, they have a great basketball program just coming off a state tournament, they got guys on their team that played in the State semi-final game last year,” Green concluded after the game.
Bombers advance at the expense of the Broncos
Mike Zink
The Mustang Broncos lost their bid to advance in regional action Friday night with a lopsided 51-33 spanking at the hands of Midwest City Bombers at Norman High School.
The Broncos finished the season with a respectable 12-11 record under head coach Alan Green.
“It’s been a quality season we have a winning record, a legacy these seniors can leave for the classes to come,” said Green after the game.
The Broncos tied the game early in the opening quarter with Donnie Woodard hitting an open Nathan Walters with a pass in the lane drawing the foul from Jarod McDaniel. Walters converted the old fashioned three-pointer knotting the score at three apiece.
Austin Feuerborn later hit Balensiefen in stride for an easy lay-up cutting the Bombers lead in half with 4:35 left in the quarter.
The Broncos closed out the quarter with Kevin Kerner weaving his way in the lane for the easy finger roll lay-up finding its way over the front of the rim to cut the Bombers lead to 18-7 to start the second quarter.
The Bombers lived up to their name in the first quarter scoring 13 of their 18 points from beyond the arc with Jarod McDaniel leading the way with eight points.
“They’ve got shooters but I’m an inside-out guy I don’t want to give up the inside and when they started scoring from the outside it loosens things up,” Green said. “We got to give them credit because when we tightened up on the inside they hit a lot of three-point shots.”
The Bombers stretched their lead to 34-17 at the break behind a 10-point quarter by senior Xavier Alexander.
Kerner and Balensiefen combined for eight of the Broncos 10 points in the quarter with Andrew Roberts adding a lay-up late in the period.
“Xavier Alexander is one of the best post players in the state so we were specifically trying to clamp down on the inside and take him out of his game,” Green said.
Walters brought the Broncos back in the third quarter scoring seven points in the period and Woodard catching fire from outside the line knocking down two treys cutting the Bombers lead to 51-33 to start the fourth quarter.
The Broncos came within a single point from matching their total output in the first half scoring 16 points in the quarter keeping the game in range for the Broncos.
“I told the kids at halftime we were down by 13 to PC North and we cut it to three so anything can happen,” said Green.
“Bottom line: we have a bunch of winners on this team so I didn’t think for a minute we were about to get blown out. I knew they would fight their way back,” added Green.
“Sometimes when a team gets a bigger lead they will tend to coast and I know my guys would keep fighting and we made it respectable.”
The Broncos matched their third quarter total scoring 16 points in the final period with Walters scoring eight points including a turn-a-round trey at the buzzer. Roberts and Woodard added five points with Kerner rounding out the scoring in the final frame with an uncontested lay-up.
Despite outscoring the Bombers in the final frame the first half deficit was too much for the Broncos to overcome falling at the feet of the Bombers 64-49 putting an end to the Broncos season.
“This is Midwest City, they have a great basketball program just coming off a state tournament, they got guys on their team that played in the State semi-final game last year,” Green concluded after the game.
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