{"id":1817,"date":"2025-01-01T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2025-01-01T20:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T20:10:12","slug":"mustangs-heat-up-roll-past-greyhounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"Mustangs heat up, roll past Greyhounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

26-12 second quarter carries Middletown to 73-57 non-league home win<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MIDDLETOWN >> If there was a shot to be taken, the Middletown Mustangs made nearly every single one during a scorching-hot second quarter Tuesday afternoon while overwhelming the Healdsburg Greyhounds 73-57 in non-league varsity boys basketball action at Middletown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown (9-3) outscored Healdsburg 26-12 in the second quarter to open up a 40-28 halftime lead, but not even that explosive outburst tells the whole story in the first half. The Greyhounds (6-8) opened the game red-hot, jumping out to an 11-3 lead in the game\u2019s first four minutes, but the Mustangs flipped the switch at that point, battling back to cut that deficit to 16-14 by quarter\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the second quarter happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe changed up our defense a little bit,\u201d Middletown head coach Jake Diehl said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t give them any space. Where we were at arm\u2019s length from them early, we closed the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That wasn\u2019t all, according to Diehl when asked about the team\u2019s second-quarter surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just came out with more energy, and we play with energy, we\u2019re capable of some great things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great things like making seven of their nine 3-pointers in the second quarter, three of them by Bodhi Moore, who led all scorers with 25 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Middletown in the quarter\u2019s first minute put the Mustangs ahead to stay at 21-16. The Mustangs turned the ball over on their next possession, but two 3-pointers by Moore made it 27-19. A three-point play by Jon Hawkins (12 points), who scored on a coast-to-coast layup and drew a foul in the process, gave the Mustangs their first double-digit lead at 30-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a Bowerman 3-pointer pushed Middletown\u2019s advantage to 33-21, Hawkins added the game\u2019s signature moment with a slam dunk at the 3:12 mark as the Mustangs went up 35-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s always a momentum shifter,\u201d a smiling Diehl said of Hawkins\u2019 dunk. \u201cHe\u2019s an explosive player.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown pushed its lead to as many as 15 points as freshman guard hit a 3-pointer and later a free throw to make it 40-25. Healdsburg\u2019s Eric Nielsen drained a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer to cut the deficit to 40-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mustangs put the game away in the third quarter, opening up as much as a 19-point lead, and had as much as a 21-point cushion in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown\u2019s well-rounded attack included 10 points from sophomore guard Harrison Brown, seven from Tadder and six from Jasiah Pike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooper Conrad led the Greyhounds with 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and Ethan Overdorf had 13 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown hosts St. Vincent on Thursday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019ll be a tough one,\u201d Diehl said. \u201cSt. Vincent will have its state championship football players back, they weren\u2019t there when we played them before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown beat St. Vincent 37-35 in the third-place game of the Gary von Raesfeld Invitational Dec. 14 at St. Vincent High School in Petaluma. Middletown also will be without its top player, Moore, who is taking part in a golf tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been scheduled for a long time,\u201d Diehl said of Moore, who is also a member of Middletown\u2019s championship golf team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior varsity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cody Perez scored 20 points to lead the Middletown junior varsity squad past Healdsburg 60-21. Emmett Lloyd and John Finney added seven points apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perez sank four 3-pointers while Dylan Caviness and Liam Earsley each had one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStrong performance after a holiday break,\u201d Middletown head coach Andy Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Middletown’s Jon Hawkins slams one home against Healdsburg. (Photos by Brian Sumpter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bodhi Moore scores two of his team-leading 25 points for Middletown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Middletown head coach Jake Diehl didn’t agree with the explanation from a game official after one of his players was called for a foul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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