The Mansfield Tigers entered their tilt with the Athens Wildcats with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Mansfield enjoyed a cozy 65-46 victory over Athens on Thursday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Mansfield also won the last time the pair played back in January.
Leading Mansfield to victory were Cooper Shaw and Karson Dominick. Shaw dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Dominick scored 29 points along with six rebounds. Dominick is crushing the point category: he's posted at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Davis, who scored nine points along with two steals.
Athens' loss came despite strong showings from Connor Mosher and Korey Miller. Mosher almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds, while Miller scored 11 points along with four steals. Miller hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games. Another player making a difference was Jase Babcock, who scored five points.
Mansfield's victory bumped their record up to 15-6. As for Athens, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-9.
Mansfield will head out on the road to square off against Cowanesque Valley at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Athens, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Northeast Bradford at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Athens focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Thursday.
