The Mustangs teams started the new year with a bang as they both brought home the Championship trophy from the Stringtown Shootout last week.

photo by Wes Edens

The top seeded Lady Mustangs were clearly the hottest team in the tournament outscoring their 3 opponents 190-57.

Their opening opponent was Soper 79-11. Freshman Addison Prentice led all scorers with 17 points. She was followed by Tournament MVP Cherish Woodward with 16, Kaylee Davis 15, Maggie Yarbrough 10, Brooklyn Sanders 8 and Stoney Cully 8. All Lady Mustangs had extensive playing time in the contest.

Next victim for the Lady Mustangs was Savanna. Savanna didn’t fare much better falling to Allen 51-14. Maggie Yarbrough pulled down 6 rebounds and Alexis Slabaugh had 3. Woodward had 5 steals and Prentice had 3.

Cherish Woodward ........... 13

Kaylee Davis..................... 12

Brooklyn Sanders ............. 10

Addison Prentice ................ 8

Maycee Davis ..................... 4

Alexis Slabaugh .................. 2

Stoney Cully ....................... 2

In the finals the team faced host Stringtown. The Lady Mustangs used a strong 3rd quarter to pull away 60-32. Allen used a balanced scoring attack with Woodward, Prentice and Maycee Davis all in double digits. Woodward pulled down 7 rebounds, Sanders 6 and Prentice had 5.

Cully had 5 steals in the contest.

Maggie Yarbrough .............. 1

Cherish Woodward ........... 11

Addison Prentice .............. 10

Maycee Davis ................... 10

Ava Laden .......................... 3

Alexis Slabaugh .................. 1

Stoney Cully ....................... 9

Brooklyn Sanders .............. 8

Kaylee Davis....................... 8

Cherish Woodward was named the tournament MVP and Stoney Cully made the All-Tournament team.

The Allen men started off the tournament with a 80-27 win over Haileyville.

Brayden Tatum 20 Garrett Nix ........................ 16

Coyt Bell ............................. 7

Cayser Nickell..................... 8

Kason Walker ..................... 6

Kale Horton......................... 6

Quinton Walker ................... 2

Sedrick Lindsey .................. 4

Easton Ledo ....................... 2

Cooper Newberry ............... 2

Allen then faced Moyers on Friday but the second quarter proved to be the difference as the Mustangs won 61-51

Brayden Tatum ................. 34

Garrett Nix ........................ 17

Coyt Bell ............................. 3

Keithon Howard .................. 3

Sedrick Lindsey .................. 2

Kason Walker ..................... 2

The finals pitted the Number 3 and undefeated host Stringtown against the Mustangs. The Mustangs outscored them in every quarter but the 3rd. Allen won 64-56. “We survived a lot of their runs, they have an excellent 3 point shooter that made us nervous but our defense played solid and our offensive did a good job of finding our open shooter. It was probably one of the best games we have played all year,” said Coach Greg Mills.

Brayden Tatum ................. 24

Garrett Nix ........................ 21

Easton Ledo ....................... 7

Tagus Howard..................... 8

Sedrick Lindsey .................. 2

Keithon Howard .................. 2

Brayden Tatum was named Tournament MVP and Garrett Nix made the All-Tournament team.

Next up for the teams is a home game against Konawa on Friday. Note all currently enrolled Allen students will get in free with a voucher handed out at the office.

Also watch out for Brayden Tatum. He is 3 points shy of the 1,000 benchmark and we are sure he will hit that early in the contest on Friday.

Next week Vanoss comes to town on Tuesday. Then beginning Thursday the Allen gym will play host to the first annual Mustang Winter Classic. The tournament will feature the home team, Wewoka, Weleetka, Strother, Wilson, Coalgate, Coleman and Stratford. Come out and support our team and watch some great basketball without ever having to leave town.