MUSTANG
FEVER
LADIES
ON THE RISE
DAVID AND
GOLIATH
The 2013-14 Lady Mustangs'
basketball season was a step in
the right direction. With the
new coaching staff and new
faces, there was a fresh outlook
on what it takes to be successful.
The Lady Mustangs featured a
team with four juniors, seven
sophomores, and one freshman.
That bodes well for the future as
everyone returns to a team that
won four times as many games as
the previous year.
For only the second time in
WCAC tournament history — a
No. 8 seed upset a No. 1 seed in
the quarterfinals, as McNamara
knocked off top-ranked St. John’s,
73-68, on Saturday, February 22,
at Gallaudet University.
The highlight of the season came
in a home win against the No. 20
ranked Good Counsel. The Lady
Mustangs also traveled to New
York City and Hampton, Virginia
for tournaments and showed well.
Junior Myka Johnson-Matthews
led the team in scoring (10.5ppg)
while garnering First Team AllWCAC honors and fellow junior
Kholby Oliver led the WCAC
in three point field goals (58)
and honorable mention honors.
Sophomore Morgan Smith and
freshman Kyara Frames also
received honorable mention
WCAC honors.
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McNamara was led by freshman
Jamir Moultrie’s 18 points and
a defensive effort that held the
normally sharpshooting Cadets
to just three three-pointers.
St. John’s (26-3) cut the deficit
to one in the final minute, but
the youthful Mustangs remained
poised down the stretch,
knocking down 10 of their 12
free throws to help close out the
upset.
“The plan was to get them off the
three-point line, so we played four
different defenses, mixed it up as
much as we could,” Mustangs
Coach Marty Keithline said. “It
was a real tough game and the
kids executed the game plan well.
I couldn’t be prouder of a team in
my 13 years at McNamara.”
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