Mullen was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost to the Cherry Creek Bruins at home by a 73-59 margin. The Mustangs were down 57-33 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the loss, Mullen still got an impressive performance from Ben Medina, who went 5 of 9 en route to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Grayson Bauer, who posted ten points.
Jeremiah Hammond continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Cherry Creek, going 9 for 16 on his way to 23 points. Another player making a difference was Ty Goettsche, who earned ten points and five boards.
Mullen's loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Cherry Creek, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-10.
Mullen is taking a road trip to square off against Eaglecrest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Eaglecrest's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 16 games. As for Cherry Creek, they will welcome Arapahoe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cherry Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.8 points per game this season.
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