Mustang defeats Edmond North in top-ten matchup

<h4><strong>MUSTANG 76, EDMOND NORTH 74</strong></h4> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="955384" first="Ethan" last="Scott"]’s go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.7 seconds to go lifted No. 7 Mustang (10-1) past fourth-ranked Edmond North (4-3) 76-74 at home Tuesday night.</p> <p>Scott’s 32 points were second-to-none on his own team, but [player_tooltip player_id="1332074" first="Dylan" last="Warlick"]’s 36 points for Edmond North led all scorers. [player_tooltip player_id="967377" first="Jacobe" last="Johnson"] contributed 21 points for the Broncos, and [player_tooltip player_id="1164859" first="Cahlese" last="Lee"] had 15 for the Huskies.</p> <hr /> <h4><strong>TURNING POINT</strong></h4> <p>For Mustang, it was a bit of a roller coaster.</p> <p>Edmond North controlled the game early until an 8-0 run sparked by a pair of [player_tooltip player_id="1049316" first="Austin" last="Smith"] 3-pointers put Mustang ahead early in the second quarter.</p> <p>The Huskies and Broncos played even until a string of scores and stops put the Broncos ahead by double-figures in the fourth quarter, thanks in large part to Scott and [player_tooltip player_id="967377" first="Jacobe" last="Johnson"], who finished with 21 points.</p> <p>Late in the fourth quarter, however, a surge by Edmond North found the Broncos’ lead dwindling quicker than it had manifested. In a rather short sequence of basketball, the Huskies found themselves tied, then leading Mustang by one after a late Warlick free throw.</p> <p>With less than one minute of game time, Mustang needed a prayer, it looked towards its reliable senior shooting guard. Scott brought the ball up the floor, handed it off to [player_tooltip player_id="1164873" first="Jacob" last="Henderson"], then recycled through the mesh and off a couple screens back to the top of the key. He caught the ball back from Henderson and, with a defender breathing down his neck, squared up and flung the ball off his finger-tips and into the basket with 9.7 seconds to go.</p> <p>https://twitter.com/mkinneymedia/status/1478562747881332740?s=21</p> <p>Edmond North failed to get off a consequent shot, and that’s all she wrote.</p> <hr /> <h4><strong>PLAYER OF THE GAME</strong></h4> <p>It would take rare circumstances to award player of the game to a player from the losing team, and Warlick just almost achieved that on Tuesday night, but <strong>Ethan Scott</strong> was too good and too reliable in the game’s biggest moment to dismiss him.</p> <p>The senior sharpshooter went 8-of-12 from past the 3-point line, repeatedly knocking down long-range shots through stiff contest and rarely felt rushed.</p> <p>He shot the ball in the game’s most pivotal moment just as he had shot his first 11 attempts. He was careful and calm regardless of the circumstance, and that cold-bloodedness paid off for the Broncos.</p> <hr /> <h5><strong>BOX</strong></h5> <p>Mustang 76, Edmond North 74</p> <p>Mustang: 15 19 24 18 -- 76</p> <p>Edmond North: 14 19 18 23 -- 74</p> <p>Mustang: Scott 32, Johnson 21, Henderson 8, Strange 7, Smith 6, Clipson 2</p> <p>Edmond North: Warlick 36, Lee 15, Potts 10, Buckingham 6, Strong 3, Ridge 2</p>