Basketball Game Recap: Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs vs. Kenwood Bluebirds

By Team Reports Feb 29, 2024, 9:19pm

Recap: Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs vs. Kenwood Bluebirds

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs can now relate to. They lost to the Bluebirds on the road by a decisive 70-55 margin on Thursday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

Kenwood was led to victory by Andrew Otuyelu and Austin Mbuyi. Otuyelu dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds, while Mbuyi scored 32 points along with six steals and two blocks. It was the first time this season that Otuyelu pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Neo Feehan, who scored seven points along with eight rebounds.

Mergenthaler Vo-Tech dropped their record down to 8-7 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Kenwood, the victory was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-8.

Mergenthaler Vo-Tech does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Kenwood, they will face off against Dundalk on Tuesday. Dundalk has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.

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