MHS - Men's Basketball / February 26, 2020 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane boys basketball traveled to Clearwater for a league matchup on Tuesday, February 25th against the Indians. The varsity and JV teams both lost in close battles and the C-team won by 3 in a nail biter.
The Wildcats and the Indians were neck and neck in the first half and the Cats went into halftime with a 33-31 lead. The dreaded 3rd quarter has not been kind to the Cats in several games this season and was not kind again as the Indians outscored the Cats 18-7. Mulvane won the 4th quarter but fell short for a 63-69 final.
Trey Abasolo and Mason Ellis led the Cats with 20 and 18 points respectively. Ian Comer dropped in 10 points on the evening, Michael Manis finished with 7 points, Gage Gerlach scored 6 points, and Luke Coffey finished with 2 points.
Manis and Gerlach led the Cats on the boards with 4 rebounds each.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 14 19 7 23 63
CHS: 15 16 18 20 69
The JV boys led the Indians 24-23 at halftime but the Indians controlled the 2nd half, outscoring the Cats 24-16 for a 47-40 win. Canon Smith had another great game down in the paint and led the Cats with 12 points. Ian Comer dropped in 10 points, Aaron Ballinger finished with 6 points, Julien Myers finished with 5 points, Trent Billingslea finished with 4 points, and Mason Ellis finished with 1 point.
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 17 7 8 8 40
CHS: 14 9 14 10 47
The C-team boys led the Indians by 1 at halftime 18-17. The second half was very close but the Cats edged out the Indians 43-40. Ethan Kasparek had a monster game and led the Cats with 24 points. Julien Myers finished with 7 points, Sam Westfall finished with 6 points, and Jacob Duncan and Tyson Lazier both finished with 3 points.
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 8 10 14 11 43
CHS: 10 7 12 11 40
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The Wildcats traveled to Andale last Friday for a league matchup with the Indians. The Indians got the best of the Cats in all 3 levels as the varsity fell 51-59, the JV fell 50-73, and the C-team fell 38-58.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 16 4 7 24 51
AHS: 13 8 15 23 59
Ellis 16, Abasolo 13, Manis 9, Coffey 7, Comer 6
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 21 8 6 15 50
AHS: 23 18 8 24 73
Ballinger 14, Smith 13, Westfall 8, Billingslea 5, Ellis 4, Duncan 4, Comer 2
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 9 4 14 11 38
AHS: 16 16 13 13 58
Westfall 11, Kasparek 9, Duncan 8, Lazier 6, Dieker 2, Boster 2