Mikey Carlson becomes 14th member of Pentwater’s 1,000 point club
PENTWATER – On a night where so much focus revolved around the Pentwater’s boys basketball team winning a conference title, senior Mikey Carlson found a milestone of his own.
Carlson scored 11 points on the night, becoming just the 14th member of Pentwater’s 1,000 career points club.
“Mikey’s just been very willing to adjust,” Pentwater Head coach Ashley Lubera said. “Coming off his JV year, he was willing to listen to me and become a post player, because he was playing point guard before that. His success comes from his hard work.”
It seemed Carlson was primed to get the milestone out of the way early, scoring six points in the opening frame. A little bit of a wait was in store however, as Carlson reached the milestone late in the second quarter after Jonny Arnouts fed him the ball in the paint.
Carlson, looked up, pump faked, spun around and fell backwards. On that last move, Carlson released a shot, pumping his fist as he headed to the bench to celebrate.
As it so happens, that’s just a signature shot for Carlson, and he wouldn’t have preferred to reach the mark in any other way.
“I don’t think there’s a better shot to symbolize how I got to the 1,000,” Carlson said. “There were a lot of those shots that I made to get here. It’s a massive accomplishment to finally join that list, it’s been four years now (working towards it).”
An extra layer to Carlson’s accomplishment is the way it unfolded. If you ask Lubera, there might have been larger forces that had their hands on the situation.
“It’s interesting how things align sometimes. Mikey wears number 11 and that’s exactly the number of points he needed on senior night (to break 1,000 career points). It’s divine intervention in a way.”
Carlson knows the milestone is special, but he acknowledged that his eyes are on something bigger. That started with a 78-15 win over Walkerville in the district semifinals Wednesday, Feb. 26 and will continue if the Falcons can snag a district title over Baldwin Friday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
