The Allen basketball teams split wins with the Antler Bearcats on Tuesday evening. The Lady Mustangs pulled ahead to a substantial lead and stayed that way throughout the game while the local boys were challenged to stay within tying distance.

Coach Dottie Slabaugh said she was pleased with her girls play. “They came back from the Christmas break ready to go and never slowed down.” The winning score was 59 to

33.

Leading the scoring was Kinsey Nix with a total of 20 points, which included three 3-pointers. Also sinking three 3-pointers were Kaylyn Rowsey and Jaycee Watkins; Taylor Harrison add one 3-point basket.

Kaylyn followed Kinsey as high scorer with a total of 15 points; Jaycee add a total of 9; Calissa Childers sunk baskets for seven points; while Emily Sells added 5 fi ve points. Taylor’s 3-pointer was her contribution for the night.

The Mustangs took a hard four point loss despite working hard all evening. They ended fi rst quarter tied with the Bearcats, 13 points each. The visitors pulled ahead by three going in the locker room at half time with the score reading 26 to 23. They increased with lead in the third quarter, scoring nine points to the Mustangs’ four, and won the game 53 to 49 despite being outscored in the fourth quarter 22 to 18.

Lead scorer for the Mustangs was junior Chad Milne with 18 points, sinking six points from outside the arc. Nathan Hammons added 11 points to the final score; Gerison Johnson chipped in 9 points; Jaren Porter added 6; Rylan Black put in 4; and Skylar Byrd added the final 1 to make the 49 score.

Coach Greg Mills had praise for his boys. “It was close, just not quite close enough. We had them tied several times but they always managed to pull just a little ahead. We are just working on getting the right combination of players. We’ve had a few scrimmages and JV games so we are getting our younger kids some experience and we are going to need every one of them.”

The teams head to Konawa this Thursday to compete in the Konawa Invitational Tournament. The girls tip off at 11:00 am, followed by the Allen

boys at 12:15 pm. The Mustangs will be back at home next Thursday, January 16^th , when the Silo Rebels come to town.