Lorensen’s 600th win came during PCM’s fifth game of the season on December 11 when the Mustangs knocked off Greene County, 63-51. The win was also PCM’s first win of the season. Lorensen told KRLS Sports at the time that 600 wins means you have coached a long time.
Lorensen’s Mustangs finished 11-11 during the season and made it to the substate semifinal against Des Moines Christian.
The Mustangs struggled to get any consistency offensively throughout the game, never leading. Senior Andrew Mitchell led the way with 14 points, including one of PCM’s three three-pointers. Gaitlin Boell was second on the team in scoring, with 11 points. PCM had a hard time stopping Des Moines Christian’s Adam Witty, who finished with 20 total points. Coach Fred Lorensen tells KNIA Sports that despite the loss, he felt his team put forth their best effort.
“Well, I thought we played really hard and had a really tough team to play. I think they knew they would be in the game anyway.”
The Mustang boys earned a bye and didn’t let it go to waste as they opened up postseason play with a home win over Woodward-Granger 42-29, as heard on the KRLS3 stream at kniakrls.com.
It was a low scoring game early as PCM trailed 7-6 at the end of the 1st and the game was tied at 22 through three quarters, but the Mustangs kicked it in gear and dropped 20 in the final frame to put the Hawks away for good.
Carson Vande Lune led the way with 12 points with Andrew Mitchell adding another 10. Not to be outdone, Durant Van Dyke had a whopping 14 rebounds as he put that 6’4” to good use.
The PCM Mustangs played in their first double header in over a week Tuesday at West Marshall as heard on the KRLS3 stream at kniakrls.com and wound up splitting the Trojans. The Mustang girls fell 57-24 and the boys won 67-39.
The PCM girls didn’t have it very easy from the jump, as they only scored six points in the first half. They tripled that in the second half, but turnovers hurt any chance the Mustangs had. Paige Steenhook and Lilli Baird combined for 19 points while the rest of the team had just five.
The Mustang boys had a little issues at the start, trailing 14-7 early. However, a wisely taken timeout rallied the troops and PCM took the lead back almost immediately. They had little issue the rest of the way. Carson Vande Lune enjoyed a big night, amassing 22 points.
The PCM Mustangs got their first sweep of the season Tuesday at home against Saydel. The Mustang girls got just their second win of the season 55-22 and the boys won 65-19, as heard on the KRLS3 stream on their senior night.
The PCM girls were dominant from start to finish, and so much so that they pushed the Eagles to a continuous clock in the fourth quarter. Lilli Baird led the way with 16 points and Riley Hjortshoj added another 10.
Head Coach Jeff Lindsay says that a lot of hard work finally paid off as the girls finally got another win, and it being on senior night makes it even sweeter.