Mustangs defeat host Rockets
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs traveled six miles down US Route 50 Friday evening and visited their Southern Hills Athletic Conference counterpart, the Fayetteville Rockets.
In a back-and-forth physical atmosphere, the Mustangs found themselves on the winning side of the scoreboard after 32 minutes of play, taking home an 87-77 victory in their non-conference meeting of the season.
The first quarter saw Lynchburg-Clay jump out to a 22-19 lead, with five different Mustangs landing in the scoring column.
LC was able to win the next quarter, outscoring the Rockets, 22-18 to take a halftime lead of 44-37.
Fayetteville won the third by one point at 20-19, and the Mustangs held on in the fourth, outscoring their hosts 24-20.
“This was a great team win,” Lynchburg-Clay head coach Matt Carson said. “To get nine guys in the scoring column and come up with some big defensive stops at the end was huge.”
Of the aforementioned nine, Christian Inman led LC with a team-high 20 points.
“At different times, we had multiple guys who were hitting shots, and we were able to find the hot hand and play very good team basketball in critical spots (Friday)," Carson said.
Rounding out the offensive output were Joe Giordano with seven, River Mullins with six, Brandon Storer with five and Zach Blankenship with four.
Fayetteville was led by Max Iles with 24 and Tanner Fowler with 21.
With the win, Lynchburg-Clay improves to 10-6 (5-3), and Fayetteville falls to 8-7 (4-3).
The JV Mustangs were also victorious on the evening, winning by a score of 57-37 to improve their record to 10-5 on the season.
Joshua Goble led the Mustangs with 17, followed by Morgan Ryan with 13. Max Lanham led Fayetteville with 12 points. Lynchburg-Clay hit seven three-point attempts in the contest.
The Mustangs will be back in action Tuesday night, as they travel to Eastern High School to take on the Warriors. The freshmen game will start at 4:30 p.m.