The Needles Mustangs and the Lake Mead Academy Eagles squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the Needles Mustangs had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 63-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), Needles still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Needles still got an impressive performance from Xavier Russell, who scored 28 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Collin Smith, who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds.
Something new happened on Saturday as Luke Mills saw his first action of the season, playing 12 minutes against Lake Mead Academy. Mills made the most of the opportunity, scoring six points along with two steals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Needles' loss dropped their record down to 27-2. As for Lake Mead Academy, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-5.
Needles does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Lake Mead Academy also has no future games currently scheduled.
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