The Mercy School Institute Mustangs waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins but they left with four. They walked away with a 41-31 victory over Amarillo Collegiate Academy. Given Mercy School Institute's advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 299th in Oklahoma, while Amarillo Collegiate Academy is ranked 1587th in Texas), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Taim Salkini, who scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannan Ashraf, who scored eight points.
Despite the loss, Amarillo Collegiate Academy still got an impressive performance from Keegan Hutson, who scored eight points along with six rebounds. Leland Brashears was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with seven rebounds.
Mercy School Institute is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Amarillo Collegiate Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-15.
Mercy School Institute and Texas Wind will face off at 1:00 p.m. on March 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Texas Wind is coming into the matchup with 11 straight victories at home, so Mercy School Institute will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Amarillo Collegiate Academy, they and Christian Home Educators will face off at 9:40 a.m. on March 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Christian Home Educators focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six on Friday.
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