{"id":2397,"date":"2025-02-19T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2025-02-19T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:11:27","slug":"lady-mustangs-advance-with-52-43-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Lady Mustangs advance with 52-43 win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Middletown (21-5) hosts Fortuna Friday night in quarterfinal round at 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MIDDLETOWN >> For a team needing a spark going into the second half, the Middletown Mustangs got it, from three different players, while beating Mt. Eden of Hayward 52-43 in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division 3 girls basketball playoffs Tuesday night in Middletown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaylee Doris provided an injection of offense in the third quarter while Harley Holley and Izzi Hoogendoorn combined for some big buckets down the stretch as the co-North Central League I champions (21-5) advanced to the quarterfinals Friday night against Fortuna beginning at 7 p.m., also at Tallman Gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a night when Mia Hoogendoorn wasn\u2019t at her best despite scoring a team-high 15 points, Holley (13 points), Doris (11 points) and Izzi Hoogendoorn (eight points) stepped right up to make sure the Mustangs\u2019 season would continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarley Holley has played two great games since coming back (from a knee injury),\u201d Middletown head coach Roxi Holt said. \u201cThat\u2019s really helped us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doris, one of Middletown\u2019s two seniors \u2013 Mia Hoogendoorn being the other \u2013 scored 10 of her 11 points during a 21-point third quarter that completely changed the complexion of the game. The Mustangs trailed 14-13 after one quarter and 21-20 at halftime before coming alive on offense and tightening things up on defense in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe changed up our defense a little bit in the second half and really shut them down,\u201d Holt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown took a 41-31 lead into the fourth quarter and pushed its lead to as many as 13 points down the stretch, Izzi Hoogendoorn scoring six of her eight points in the final period and also logging a handful of assists on Holley baskets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIzzi made some great passes to her,\u201d Holt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown battled foul trouble throughout as both Holley and Izzi Hoogendoorn missed a sizeable chunk of playing time in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut they both played almost the entire second half,\u201d Holt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doris and Mia Hoogendoorn ran into foul trouble in the second half, and both players finished the game with four fouls. When Doris went to the bench, Holt moved the freshman Izzi Hoogendoorn from the post to guard, a position she\u2019s played almost exclusively before this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s tall for a freshman, that\u2019s why we use her inside,\u201d Holt said. \u201cBut she\u2019s played guard her whole life, she can pass the ball, she\u2019s court smart, and it\u2019s nice to have a player like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mt. Eden\u2019s senior guard Nyla McCoy\u2019s 25 points, including three of the Monarchs\u2019 six 3-pointers, led the Hayward school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were going to make them beat us from the outside because they really had no inside game,\u201d Holt said. \u201cNo. 4 (McCoy) hurt us, but we did a pretty good job against them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When McCoy wasn\u2019t hitting from the outside, the Monarchs (6-13) struggled to do much against Middletown, according to Holt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown, the No. 3 seed in the original 14-team Division 3 field, draws No. 6 Fortuna (15-12) on Friday. Fortuna beat No. 11 seed Kelseyville 47-29 in another first-round game Tuesday. The Huskies pulled away with a 15-2 fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAME NOTES:<\/strong> Middletown also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division 4 playoffs during the 2021-22 season (Mia Hoogendoorn\u2019s freshman year), losing to Gateway after beating Fort Bragg in an opening-round game at Middletown \u2026 If the Mustangs knock off Fortuna, they\u2019ll draw the winner between No. 2 seed St. Mary\u2019s of Albany and No. 10 seed Monte Vista of Danville in next Tuesday\u2019s semifinal round. That game will take place at the home site of the highest surviving seed \u2026 Mia Hoogendoorn\u2019s season points total now stands at 585, a school record for girls and just 33 points shy of Tyler Hunt\u2019s school record of 618. Her career total is 1,548, also a school record and sixth all-time among Lake County players, and fourth among girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Middletown’s Harley Holley watches her shot drop through the basket during a 52-43 playoff win over Mt. Eden on Tuesday night in Middletown. (Photo courtesy of Geri Costlow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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