Balanced Mustangs run past Cardinals

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Balanced Mustangs run past Cardinals

Van Wade
The Orange Leader

WEST ORANGE — Attacking Bridge City with wave after wave, the West Orange-Stark Mustangs ran past the Cardinals 78-60 in District 21-3A action at Mustang Gym Friday night.

The Mustangs (16-7, 2-1) placed three players in double figures, one player with nine points, two with eight points, one with seven and one with six as their depth simply wore down the Cardinals (10-15, 0-3).

Post Darius Davis powered the WO-S arsenal as the big fella pumped in 16 points while also yanking down eight boards.

Guard Kendrick Budwine set the tone early and finished with 13 points and five rebounds and connected on three three-point shots. Guard D’Andrus Brooks-Gentry contributed 11 points and five boards.

Robert Redd gave the Mustangs nine points and seven rebounds. JaKeenen Cotton poured in eight points and snared eight rebounds. Justin Francis popped for eight points while Anthony Noble had seven points and eight boards and Devon Villery added six points.

Nate McAnelly led the Cardinal attack, scoring 20 points while yanking down eight rebounds. McAnelly had his stroke working from the outside as he sank five three-point missiles, four of them coming in the first half.

Scrappy Cardinal point guard Zach Heinze contributed 15 points and hit three three-pointers. Bridge City’s leading scorer on the season Tanner Girouard, who was saddled with foul trouble and eventually fouled out, tallied 11 points while grabbing seven rebounds.

Cardinal post Tanner Hogan finished with eight points, all coming in the fourth period, and six rebounds while Johnathan Peterson added seven rebounds.

The game was tight early as the teams finished the first quarter deadlocked at 16-16.

Heinze had eight points for the Cardinals and hit two three-pointers while McAnelly had five points. Budwine ripped two three-pointers for the Mustangs in the period while Davis and Cotton had two baskets apiece.

The Mustangs pulled away with a 26-14 jaunt in the second quarter as they forced Bridge City into seven turnovers in the period and outrebounded them 18-5.

Francis scored all eight of his points in the period, burying two three-pointers in the process. Budwine had five points in the quarter while Redd and Brooks-Gentry added four points apiece. McAnelly tried to keep the Cardinals close by sinking three treys in the quarter.

WO-S extended its lead to 61-43 heading to the fourth.

Davis bruised his way inside for six third-quarter points while Brooks-Gentry had five. Heinze had six points for the Cardinals.

Both squads scored 17 points apiece in the fourth.

Hogan had eight of the Cardinals’ points in the quarter while Davis had six for the Mustangs.

Overall, the teams combined for 13 three-pointers.

The Mustangs controlled the glass throughout, outrebounding the Cardinals 46-33.

Bridge City finished with 23 turnovers while the Mustangs committed 15.

The Mustangs went just 2-of-10 from the free-throw line while the Cardinals went 12-of-18.

The Mustangs face a stern 21-3A road test Tuesday at fourth-ranked Hardin-Jefferson while the Cardinals venture to Orange County rival Orangefield

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Heard a rumor that WOS kicked off two kids and some more failed.  Any truth to it?

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Heard a rumor that WOS kicked off two kids and some more failed.  Any truth to it?
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I was told about the kids getting kicked off the team, don't know anything about any player failing.

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2 players are off the team for a fact....however no one is failing