The Mitchell Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Angeline Academy of Innovation Archers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Mitchell focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 20 last Friday.
Last Friday, everything went Mitchell's way against Seven Rivers Christian as Mitchell made off with a 76-56 victory. The Mustangs pushed the score to 62-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Mitchell can attribute much of their success to Carys Thuma, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds, and Priya Jacob, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 18 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Thuma a new career-high in offensive rebounds (six). Sydney Reinhart was another key player, scoring seven points plus three steals.
Mitchell was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Seven Rivers Christian only racked up nine.
Meanwhile, Angeline Academy of Innovation was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were outmatched by Cypress Creek on the road and fell 43-8. The Archers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 25-4.
Mitchell's win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26 points. As for Angeline Academy of Innovation, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
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