The Doniphan West Mustangs entered last night with nothing to lose against the #6 ranked team in class 1A D2 and they gave it their all through all four quarters, but in the end, the Wildcats came out on top.

Boys - Hanover over Doniphan West 70-56

The first quarter was a hot start for the Mustangs as they came out of the quarter with a 16-15 lead. Doniphan West nailed three threes in the opening quarter with two from Cooper Eberly and one from Hudson Penny. The Wildcats would only have one in the quarter from Braylon Meyn.

However, in the second quarter, the Wildcats started to get on fire from the three-point line. They would make four three-pointers in the quarter, two from Tanner Bruna, one from Jack Bruna, and one from Brandt Beikman. Hanover out-scored Doniphan West 20-12 in the quarter despite the Mustangs having the first points of the quarter off a three from Eberly. Doniphan West would go into the half trailing 35-28. 

The second half was primarily dominated by the Wildcats, particularly on the inside, with Tanner Bruna having fourteen points in the second half alone. Fouls became a big issue for the Mustangs with not much depth to substitute the starters and come about the fourth quarter most guys were at around three to four fouls. Doniphan West would do their best to draw it to seven or at the closest by five points in the four, but Hanover would always find a way to respond whether by a dribble and drive or three-pointer. 

Tanner Bruna led the scoring for Hanover with twenty total points and five rebounds while Braylon Meyn would be right behind him with fourteen points and two threes as well. For Doniphan West both Cooper Eberly and Kolter Peterson finished with fifteen points on the game, while Eberly has now back-to-back games with three threes (STATS NOT APPROXIMATE). Both teams finished with seven threes each.

Summary

Doniphan West now drops to 3-7 on the season and has now lost nine straight to Hanover. However, out of those nine losses, this is the closest they’ve played by an end score. Hanover now moves on to the Semi-final as they now sit 6-3 on the season. 

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