LOWER LAKE — Ten of 11 Mustangs reached the scoring column Monday night as Middletown defeated the Lower Lake Trojans 76-31 in North Central League I varsity boys basketball action at Lower Lake.

"Everything we did on offense was predicated by our defense," Middletown head coach G.J. Rockwell said. "We had a lot of steals, a lot of transition points. Everybody contributed."

Middletown (9-1 league, 17-3 overall) built a 43-22 halftime lead and continued to pull away in the second half.

"(Brody) Breeden was real strong in the first half," Rockwell said of the senior, who led the Mustangs with 15 points.

Zach Dubois added 14 points, all of them coming in the first half, and Wyatt Moore finished with 12 points.

Micah Gurule and Marquis Jones led the Trojans (1-9, 1-17) with eight points apiece while Jett Guralas and Mason Barnes each had six.

Middletown plays at Willits on Tuesday night and is home Thursday against Roseland University Prep. Lower Lake plays Clear Lake in Lakeport on Wednesday.

Middletown also won the junior varsity game, outscoring Lower Lake 19-3 in the first quarter en route to a 68-44 victory.

Dom Williams led a balanced Middletown attack with 13 points, Oscar Cruz and Brandon Costlow finished with 11 apiece, and Cooper Johnson and Jackson Conley added nine each. Charlie Jones led Lower Lake with nine points.

Lower Lake had a 37-18 halftime lead.

"They got a lot of minutes," Middletown head coach Jake Diehl said of his reserves.

The Mustangs are 8-2 in league play.

Clear Lake 70, Willits 30

At Willits, Clear Lake head coach Mike Damiata didn't have to sweat out a close one this time as the Cardinals scored 42 first-half points while running away from the Willits Wolverines in NCL I action.

Clear Lake (6-3, 10-7) beat Fort Bragg 43-40 in overtime at Fort Bragg on Sunday, that after a hard-fought 48-42 loss to Kelseyville on Friday.

"We needed this one," Damiata said.

The Cardinals host Fort Bragg on Tuesday in their final regular-season home game. Seniors Zane Robinson, Joey Soderquist Maddox Albaum, Ethan Maize, Drake Smart, Miles Mattina and Jack Daskam will be honored on senior night.

Daskam's 14 points and 10 each from Robinson and Mattina led the Cardinals, who had all 11 players reach the scoring column.

"We shot the ball really well, everyone did," Damiata said. "The starters were out of there by the middle of the third quarter."

Damiata said he asked his team to "come out of the gate strong" and the Cardinals responded by scroing the game's first 11 points. "The rout was on from there," he said.

Clear Lake's coach praised the play inside of Daskam.

"He rebounded well, he finished at the rim, he played strong defense," Damiata said.

Mattina's 10 points came off the bench. He also went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.

"He's really aggressive and he was all over the floor," Damiata said.

Fort Bragg and Willits were the first two of a five-games-in-five-days stretch for the Cardinals as they close out league play and the regular season.

"Our guys are in a good mood," Damiata said.

Clear Lake also won the JV game, 40-34, behind 13 points from Graden Greer and 11 from Dayne Wilson. The Cardinals outscored the Wolverines 29-19 in the second half.

Wilson scored nine points and Greer eight over the final two quarters.