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Mustang hoopsters making strides
Brendan Hoover
EDMOND—The Mustang Broncos summer basketball team is riding a wave of confidence after winning six of its first seven games of the season.
The Broncos beat Calumet for the second time in a week at Edmond Memorial High School Thursday night, 62-60, to go 6-0.
The team then dropped a close decision Monday night to Deer Creek, also at Edmond, 69-65, to account for their first loss of the season.
Mustang coach Alan Green said his team came out a little flat on Monday but overall has been playing very well.
“We were down by as many as 17 in the third quarter, and then going into the fourth, I have to give credit to our kids. We were playing man, and the kids made the call to switch to a 2-3 match-up zone, and that kind off messed up the other team,” he said.
Mustang fought back in the fourth quarter, evening the score and then taking a 58-57 lead with less than a minute to play. The team missed a free throw with seven seconds left, and Deer Creek made a free throw at the other end to seal the victory.
Green said the Broncos’ effort never wavered.
“It was one of those times where you spend so much energy on the comeback that you can’t hold the lead,” he said.
On Thursday, the Broncos blew a 31-22 half time lead against Calumet and trailed 54-51 with 2:38 left to play. But Mustang outscored Calumet 11-6 in the rest of regulation, punctuated when Auston Davidson hit a free throw with .5 seconds left to give the Broncos the win.
Green said Calumet, a class B team, is a tough squad.
“They’re a Tournament of Champions team, and they were state champions a couple of years ago. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot, blowing a double-digit lead, but this summer we’ve learned to win all kinds of games, and I’m really proud of our guys,” Green said.
The Broncos also won four games at the Star Spenser team camp during the first weekend in June, beating Calumet, Del City, Anadarko and Northwest Classen.
Green said the summer leagues are good because the games are played in an informal environment and the kids get to learn with less pressure to perform. Green said he likes the summer because he can trade his slacks and tie for a T-shirt and flip-flops.
The rules are more informal to. Because of the amount of games that are scheduled each game night at Edmond Memorial, “hurry-up” rules are put into effect. Players shoot one free throw for two points, and baskets made while fouled are automatically a three-point play.
The Broncos played last night against Stillwater after press time.
Up next for Mustang are two games on Thursday night, against Edmond Santa Fe and Frontier, and then Edmond North on Monday night.
Mustang hoopsters making strides
Brendan Hoover
EDMOND—The Mustang Broncos summer basketball team is riding a wave of confidence after winning six of its first seven games of the season.
The Broncos beat Calumet for the second time in a week at Edmond Memorial High School Thursday night, 62-60, to go 6-0.
The team then dropped a close decision Monday night to Deer Creek, also at Edmond, 69-65, to account for their first loss of the season.
Mustang coach Alan Green said his team came out a little flat on Monday but overall has been playing very well.
“We were down by as many as 17 in the third quarter, and then going into the fourth, I have to give credit to our kids. We were playing man, and the kids made the call to switch to a 2-3 match-up zone, and that kind off messed up the other team,” he said.
Mustang fought back in the fourth quarter, evening the score and then taking a 58-57 lead with less than a minute to play. The team missed a free throw with seven seconds left, and Deer Creek made a free throw at the other end to seal the victory.
Green said the Broncos’ effort never wavered.
“It was one of those times where you spend so much energy on the comeback that you can’t hold the lead,” he said.
On Thursday, the Broncos blew a 31-22 half time lead against Calumet and trailed 54-51 with 2:38 left to play. But Mustang outscored Calumet 11-6 in the rest of regulation, punctuated when Auston Davidson hit a free throw with .5 seconds left to give the Broncos the win.
Green said Calumet, a class B team, is a tough squad.
“They’re a Tournament of Champions team, and they were state champions a couple of years ago. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot, blowing a double-digit lead, but this summer we’ve learned to win all kinds of games, and I’m really proud of our guys,” Green said.
The Broncos also won four games at the Star Spenser team camp during the first weekend in June, beating Calumet, Del City, Anadarko and Northwest Classen.
Green said the summer leagues are good because the games are played in an informal environment and the kids get to learn with less pressure to perform. Green said he likes the summer because he can trade his slacks and tie for a T-shirt and flip-flops.
The rules are more informal to. Because of the amount of games that are scheduled each game night at Edmond Memorial, “hurry-up” rules are put into effect. Players shoot one free throw for two points, and baskets made while fouled are automatically a three-point play.
The Broncos played last night against Stillwater after press time.
Up next for Mustang are two games on Thursday night, against Edmond Santa Fe and Frontier, and then Edmond North on Monday night.
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