The Morrison Mustangs and the Erie Cardinals played a game of momentum swings but the Cardinals ended with a two point win 44-42.
The Morison Mustangs competed in the Manny’s Shoot-out in Mt Carroll on Saturday, January 20, 2013 and couldn’t overcome the second quarter deficit and fell to the Oregon Hawwks 55-40.
The Morrison Mustangs challenged the Prophetstown Prophets throughout, but couldn’t close any closer then four points late in the third quarter in losing 53-42 on Friday , January 18, 2013.
The Kewanee Boilermakers visited the Morrison Mustangs and went home with a 20 point win. A slow start and poor free throw shooting (47%) continued to be a problem for the Mustangs as they concentrate on conference play in January.
Prior to the varsity contest, Amboy’s Tyson Powers was recognized for becoming the seventh all-time scorer in the Clippers history. Following the recognition, he attacked the Mustangs and outscored (26 points) the entire Morrison team in a 35-24 Mustang loss.
A busy week of action at the Cliff Warkins Memorial Tournament at Erie ended with the Morrison Mustangs falling to the West Carroll Thunder 57-48.
The Mercer County Eagles gained a first quarter advantage and extended it each quarter to gain a 48-24 win in the Erie Holiday tourney on Friday, December 28.
The Morrison Mustangs fell behind by eleven after a half and fought back, but ended one point shy of the Orion Chargers in tourney action at Erie.
Game #2 at the Cliff Warkins Annual Classic in Erie proved to be a tougher match for the Morrison Mustangs as they fell to the Stockton Black Hawks 55-40.
The Morrison Mustangs opened the Cliff Warkins Memorial Cardinal Classic in Erie on Saturday afternoon with a win in the pool play action over the Stark County Rebels. 38-29.
The Morrison Mustangs fell to a dominant team from Christian Life of Rockford in a battle for 13th place at the Forreston Holiday tournament on Thursday, December 13, 2012.
Normal 0 0 1 234 1339 11 2 1644 11.773 0 0 0 The Morrison Ponies entered the championship game Wednesday at the Erie Junior Varsity Tournament against Bureau Valley with hopes of bringing home the gold after a busy week of action.
Play in the Forreston Holiday Tourney continues and Morrison picked up its second win in the action by defeating Orangeville 42-38.
The Morrison Mustangs played well enough to take a five point halftime lead to the locker room, but only scored twelve second half points and fell to the Dakota Indians 44-32.
The Morrison Mustangs are creating a habit of starting slow as they fell behind the Bureau Valley Storm in the first quarter and failed to climb the hill back losing to the Storm by a 62-40 margin.