Montabella’s Jared Simon: The Montabella Mustangs traveled to Ithaca for district play on Tuesday night to face the Sharks of St. Louis. The mustangs started well and played good team defense in the first half, but the Sharks stayed consistent and help a 2 point advantage at the half. The Mustangs then got good opportunities that they were unable to capitalize on in the 3rd quarter, while the Sharks made the most of the drought, inflating their lead to 8 at the end of the quarter. The Mustangs continued to fight but the Sharks proved to be too much down the stretch. The final would read St. Louis 55, Montabella 37.
JT Smith lead the Mustangs with 22 points, while Drew Kelsey scored 11 and pulled in 7 rebounds.