Mitchell was the 77-72 winner over Sunlake when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Mitchell Mustangs fell just short of the Sunlake Seahawks by a score of 60-57 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 391st, while the Seahawks are ranked 175th).
Mitchell lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Christopher Stoddart, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Fillipe Frangie, who posted ten points and four steals.
Even though they lost, Mitchell smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sunlake only pulled down six offensive boards.
Christopher Murray was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 14 on his way to 23 points and seven rebounds for Sunlake. Murray's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of George Clark, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 13 points and five assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Mitchell and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Sunlake, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Mitchell didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 65-56 loss against Cardinal Mooney on the 5th. As for Sunlake, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 55-46 victory against Central on the 9th.
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