Basketball Recap: Minarets Mustangs vs. McLane Highlanders
After a string of five wins dating back to last season, Minarets's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 68-57 to the McLane Highlanders. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Highlanders recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Logan Davis and Matt Carlton certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Davis went 10 for 20 en route to 23 points plus two blocks, while Carlton earned 11 points along with six steals. Davis is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jabari Gomez, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.
McLane's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Keyvon Burcher led the charge by going 8 for 15 en route to 19 points plus three steals. The game was Burcher's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Khristain Smith, who scored eight points in addition to seven rebounds and six steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Minarets fell to 4-1. As for McLane, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-3.
Minarets has already played their next contest, a 42-37 victory against Nipomo on the 7th. As for McLane, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 70-39 win against Liberty on the 7th.
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