Mustang defeats Edmond North in top-ten matchup
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MUSTANG 76, EDMOND NORTH 74 Ethan Scott Ethan Scott 5'10" | PG Mustang | 2022 State OK ’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.…
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Ethan Scott Ethan Scott 5'10" | PG Mustang | 2022 State OK ’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.
Scott’s 32 points were second-to-none on his own team, but Dylan Warlick Dylan Warlick 6'6" | SF Edmond North | 2024 State #226 Nation OK ’s 36 points for Edmond North led all scorers. Jacobe Johnson Jacobe Johnson 6'3" | SG Mustang | 2023 State OK contributed 21 points for the Broncos, and Cahlese Lee Cahlese Lee 6'2" | CG Edmond North | 2022 State OK had 15 for the Huskies.
TURNING POINT
For Mustang, it was a bit of a roller coaster.
Edmond North controlled the game early until an 8-0 run sparked by a pair of Austin Smith Austin Smith 6'2" | SG Mustang | 2022 OK 3-pointers put Mustang ahead early in the second quarter.
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 Jacobe Johnson Jacobe Johnson 6'3" | SG Mustang | 2023 State OK , who finished with 21 points.
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.
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 Jacob Henderson Jacob Henderson 6'6" | C Mustang | 2022 OK , 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.
With everyone in the gym knowing who was getting the ball @ethaneasyscott hits an off balance 3 with 9.7 seconds left to push @MustangBBall1 past No. 4 @ENHSHuskyBall (https://t.co/WXGa9hD1Px) #okpreps pic.twitter.com/IoN0gos50F
— Michael Kinney Media (@MKinneyMedia) January 5, 2022
Edmond North failed to get off a consequent shot, and that’s all she wrote.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
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 Ethan Scott was too good and too reliable in the game’s biggest moment to dismiss him.
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.
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.
BOX
Mustang 76, Edmond North 74
Mustang: 15 19 24 18 — 76
Edmond North: 14 19 18 23 — 74
Mustang: Scott 32, Johnson 21, Henderson 8, Strange 7, Smith 6, Clipson 2
Edmond North: Warlick 36, Lee 15, Potts 10, Buckingham 6, Strong 3, Ridge 2