Allen teams win both openers
It was a great start to the 2019-20 season this past Thursday evening when both the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs brought home wins. The season opener against the Calvin Bulldogs was a 49-26 win for the ladies and a 68-28 win for the boys.
The girls started the evening for their new coach, Dottie Slabaugh, with a 22-8 lead in the first quarter and a 31-18 lead at the half. The third quarter was almost all Allen, scoring 18 points to the Lady Bulldogs 1, cinching the win with a total of 49 points.
Kinsey Nix hit a trio of 3-point shots and led the locals with a game-high 16 points. Jaycee Watkins follow that with four 3-pointers for a total of 12 points. Calissa Childers added seven and Kaylyn Rowsey added six for the evening’s total.
Hannah Harris led the Calvin ladies with twelve and Shantel Potter added seven to be high point shooters for the Lady Bulldogs.
“It was good to get the first game under our belt,” said Coach Dottie Slabaugh. “I was pretty pleased with our performance.”
The Mustangs took the court and the fans watched Chad Milne explode with 27 points, nearly tying the total Calvin score of 28 single-handedly. Other high scorers adding to the final total of 68 were Chris Holcomb with 16; Rylan Black and Jaren Porter followed with 6 points each.
“Overall I was happy with our performance,” said Coach Greg Mills. We played hard but there are some things wee need to clean up before we start our conference tournament. There are a lot good teams in our conference so we are excited to see how we stack up.”
Charlie Harden led Calvin with 11 points.
The Mustangs led 15-9 after the first quarter and headed to the locker room at half with a 32-18 lead. Calvin added only 10 points in the second half while the Mustangs put 36 more points on the board.
The next outing for both teams will be the Pontotoc Conference Tournament on December 2nd thru 7th . Allen will be hosting the tournament and breaking in the new gym on main street for the event. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs hit the floor on Tuesday with the girls facing Tupelo and the men playing Stratford.