The Mullen Mustangs will take on the Cherokee Trail Cougars in a tournament on Saturday. Mullen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.2 points per game this season.
Mullen's tournament run continued when they took on Cherry Creek on Thursday. Mullen took a 64-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cherry Creek. The Mustangs have struggled against the Bruins recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Kevin Lewis
02/20/25 @ Cherry Creek | 21 |
12/03/24 @ Lutheran | 13 |
12/12/24 vs Westminster | 12 |
12/04/24 vs Palmer | 12 |
01/11/25 vs Regis Jesuit | 11 |
The losing side was boosted by Kevin Lewis, who posted 21 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Grayson Bauer, who put up ten points.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Trail was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost to Arapahoe on the road by a 60-41 margin. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Warriors are ranked 13th).
Mullen's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Cherokee Trail, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.
Mullen strolled past Cherokee Trail in their previous meeting last Wednesday by a score of 69-50. Will Mullen repeat their success, or does Cherokee Trail have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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