MHS - Men's Basketball / March 5, 2020 By Kasey McDowell
It's that time of the year where the regular season is over and the teams are fighting for a chance to make it to Salina for the 4A State Tournament. The Wildcats are in the Sub-State #1 bracket with Augusta, El Dorado, and Wamego and the #8 seed Wildcats took on the #9 seed Wamego Red Raiders on Wednesday, March 4th at Mulvane High School.
The Wildcats jumped on top of the Red Raiders with a 19-10 first quarter and increased the lead to 12 with a 14-11 second quarter and went into halftime up 33-22. The Cats and Red Raiders had an even 14-14 third quarter and the Cats were able to add to the lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Raiders 17-8 for a 64-43 victory.
Trey Abasolo led the Wildcats with 27 points and also in rebounds with 10 boards, earning his 7th double-double of the season. Michael Manis dropped in 15 points on the evening and Mason Ellis and Ian Comer both finished with 9 points each. Gage Gerlach and Kiser Jansen both finished with 2 points each.
With Trey's 27 points, he passed over the 1,000 career points total and currently sits at 1024 points in his career.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 19 14 14 17 64
WHS: 10 11 14 8 43
The Wildcats will travel to Augusta this coming Saturday for a rematch with the Orioles, which is who the Wildcats faced in the first game of this season.
