Playing on back-to-back nights, fresh off a victory against Green Bay West, the Luxemburg Casco Spartans could not win back-to-back games, falling to the Little Chute Mustangs 76-55 on 104.1 WRLU on Tuesday night.  

 

There’s an old saying in basketball that “basketball is a game of runs.” This was the formula in this rendition of the North Eastern Conference foes.  Luxemburg Casco got off to a red-hot start, as James Glampe scored the Spartans first 8 points and had 14 points in the 1st half.  Unfortunately for Luxemburg Casco, the Mustangs' defense amped up, and the lid went on the basket as Little Chute went on a  15-0 run for six and a half minutes of game action.  Little Chute went into halftime with a 46-29 lead. 

 

The Mustangs would extend the lead up to 20 points, but Luxemburg Casco wasn’t done yet.  The Spartans would go on a run of its own, getting the deficit down to 9, at 62-53 with 8:18 left in regulation.  Little Chute called a timeout, made a mass substitution, and jumped back to a 15-point lead in the next few minutes.  Both teams would empty the benches to finish the game at a 76-55 final score.  

 

Tyler Fischer from Little Chute lead all scorers with 22 points, tying his season high.  James Glampe led the Spartans with 22 points.  

 

Luxemburg Casco is off until Friday, February 16th, when they will face Waupaca.