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.
Boys Basketball
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.
Morrison entered the Forreston HolidayTournament as a #14 seed and opened play against the #3 seeded Freeport Aquin Bulldogs. The opening quarter proved to be the difference as Freeport jumped out to a 24-8 first quarter lead and coasted to a 62-42 win.
The Morrison Mustangs followed their best offensive outing on Friday evening with their meekest perfprmance to date by scoring only twenty-two points in their loss to the Erie Cardinals 36-22.
The Morrison Mustangs journeyed to Kewanee and battled back from an early first quarter deficit to fall three points short 71-68.