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Brahmas get much-needed victory

  • Brahma Dougie Mundine looks for an open teammate in the win over Columbus. Chuck Grafe/ Tribune-Herald
    Brahma Dougie Mundine looks for an open teammate in the win over Columbus. Chuck Grafe/ Tribune-Herald
  • Monte Thigpen scores two of his 13 points vs. Columbus Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
    Monte Thigpen scores two of his 13 points vs. Columbus Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

    A loss to Columbus here Friday night would have put the Hallettsville Brahmas in dire straits.

    But the Brahmas managed a 63-56 double overtime victory over the Cardinals in a 25-AAA game for their first district victory.

    The score was tied at 49- all after the first overtime and 53-53 in the second before the Brahmas starting distancing themselves with a 6-0 run. The Cardinals got within three points (59- 56) prior to a driving lay up by Nathan Henke and two Dougie Mundine free throws for the final margin of victory.

    “The boys battled all night long. We’ve been preaching all year, control what we can control and we did just that,” coach Brock Gerlich said. “Every time Columbus hit a big shot, our boys came right back with one of our own.

    “It was a total team effort, and put us right back in the playoff mix. I am very proud of the team.”

    After not scoring in the first half, Mundine tallied all of his game-high 19 counters in the second half.

    The teams battled to an 11-11 standoff in the first quarter and the Brahmas led 18-17 at the half.

    Two threes by Mundine in the third period aided Hallettsville in keeping the lead at 29-27 going into the fourth stanza.

    Mundine was backed by Nathan Henke’s 15 points and 13 by Monte Thigpen.

    Scoring: Nathan Henke 15, Jashaun Price 9, Dougie Mundine 19, Monte Thigpen 13, Shane Migura 2, Kason Podhajsky 3.

    Threes: Mundine 2, Thigpen, Henke.

    Yoakum 46, Brahmas 37

    The Bulldogs outscored the Brahmas in the first three quarters in Yoakum Tuesday, Jan. 3.

    Point guard PJ Johnson canned 21 points for the Bulldogs.

    Johnson scored 6 points in the initial quarter to help the Bulldogs to a 13-9 lead.

    The Bulldogs led 24-15 at the half and 34-22 going into the fourth period.

    Zach Taylor scored only 8 points for the Bulldogs with 6 coming in the final 8 minutes to fend off the Brahmas.

    Hallettsville shot just two free throws in the game and made one while Yoakum attempted 18 and connected on 12.

    Dougie Mundine was the only Brahma in double figures with 15 points.

    Scoring: Nathan Henke 2 0-0 5, Jashaun Price 1 0-0 2, Dougie Mundine 6 1-2 15, Monte Thigpen 1 0-0 3, Shane Migura 1 0-0 3, Kason Podhajsky 1 0-0 3, Jorian Wilson 3 0-0 6.

    Threes: Mundine 2, Henke, Thigpen, Migura, Podhajsky