Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and took the photos.
The Tuesday, February 23, 2021, contest between the Morrison Mustangs and the Rockridge Rockets ended in another example of the reason for a big difference in the scores. The Rockets are powerful in their ability to score from beyond the three-point line. They collected 30 of their 56 points from beyond the arc. Morrison’s final score was 40.
#1 Jase Whiteman (4) pulls up for a soft floater against the Mustang defense of T.C Ottens (23), Zach Eads (54), and Alex Anderson (4.)
#2 Mustang Nate Helms (10) defends against Rockridge’s Maverick Chisholm (24), as teammates T. C Ottens (23), Trey Strating (13), Alex Anderson (5), and Ashton Smith (44) await the results of his efforts.
#3Mustang Trey Strating (13) awaits an inlet pass from Nate Helms (10) as T. C. Ottens (23) watches. Rockridge Rocket Nate Henry (12) defends.
| Morrison Mustangs -Varsity | ||||||||||
| 2s | 3s | FT | F | Total | ||||||
| A. Anderson | 2 | 4/6 | 8 | |||||||
| B. Brackemeyer | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| J. Dykema | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| M. Dykstra | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Z. Eads | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| A. Freeman | ||||||||||
| N. Helms | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| B. Houzenga | ||||||||||
| I. Melton | 1 | 0/2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| T.C. Ottens | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| A. Smith | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| D. Stralow | ||||||||||
| T. Strating | 1 | 1 | 3/8 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| E. Wiebenga | ||||||||||
| B. Wolf | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team | 8 | 5 | 11/20 | 8 | 40 | |||||
| Rockridge Rockets | ||||||||||
| 2s | 3s | FT | F | Total | ||||||
| Maj.Chisholm | ||||||||||
| Mik. Wilson | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Ja. Whiteman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Deem | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Klemme | 1 | 4 | 1/1 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| Henry | 4 | 2/2 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| Je. Whiteman | 4 | 2/4 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| Bopes | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Mai. Chisholm | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Ullfig | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TJ Wilson | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leemans | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Williams | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Mason | 1 | 0/1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 10 | 6/12 | 13 | 56 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||||||
| Rockridge | 18 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 56 | |||||
| Morrison | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | |||||