“We grew up a little bit.” That’s what Coach Jake Shipman said after his Mustangs beat South Nodaway 48-45 Tuesday night to close out the year. The Longhorns are a streaky team this year. They took fourth place in the Platte Valley Invitational after being seeded first, rebounded with three straight blowout wins, and then came back to earth again with a blowout loss to Jefferson.
South Nodaway had every reason to expect a win against North Nodaway; they had blown them out twice last year with Peyton Coleman playing. But it was a totally different game and a totally different team that took the floor in Hopkins. Cody Wood guarded Taylar Freemeyer for the whole game for the Mustangs and held him to seven points for the game, three of which were scored on a desperation shot at the end.
North Nodaway built up a 26-18 halftime lead and then held off the Longhorn attempts to get back into the game, shooting 10 for 17 from the line in the process. In the process, they got their first winning streak of the year and improved to 3-7. Shipman said that he didn’t do anything special. “This one was all on the kids,” he said. “They decided to take pride on the defensive end. We took better care of the ball on offense, and it’s all starting to pay off.”
Arron Coleman led the scoring with 15 for the Mustangs. Tyler Bix had 13, Cody Wood had 13, and Cole Bird had 7.
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