A raucous Senior Night crowd at the Eagles Nest saw Guerin Catholic hold Indianapolis Washington 17 points under their average Friday night in a 96-53 victory in boys basketball.
A 28-point first quarter by the Golden Eagles was duplicated in the third quarter, as Guerin Catholic had their second highest scoring output of the season. After five lead changes in the first four minutes of the contest, the Continentals were no match for Coach Pete Smith’s team. The lead eventually ballooned to 45 points in the fourth quarter at 93-48.
Behind 64.6 percent field goal shooting, Guerin Catholic had four players score in double figures. Zach Munson not only scored a career-high 30 points, he also was game high in rebounds with 11. The University of Chicago-bound senior outscored Washington by himself 17-11 in the third period, as well. Others scoring in double figures were Jack Hansen, Kian Sills, and Bernie McGuinness with 18, 17, and 13 points, respectively. Drew Thieme almost joined them, scoring nine. Clay Hepp passed out a career-high nine assists for the Golden Eagles (13-7). The squad had school-record 31 assists in the game, breaking the previous school record of 28 both against Indpls. Ritter on Feb. 6, 2009, and at Terre Haute South on Feb. 18, 2014.
Washington (8-12) and the Golden Eagles both committed 16 turnovers in the contest, but made up for it with a 38-19 rebounding advantage and the strong shooting from the field. “It’s always nice to see the seniors go out with a win on Senior Night, and after the first few minutes I thought we did some nice things,” said Smith. “The turnover number is way too high, but 11 guys played in the game, and some of our in-game line-up combinations hadn’t played together. I’ll give them a break on a few TO’s, but . . . .”
The Golden Eagles play on the road their final three contests of the regular season, starting Tuesday night at potential sectional foe Broad Ripple in a game that was postponed from Jan. 12 due to weather.
Guerin Catholic 96,
Indpls. Washington 53
Guerin FG FT TP PF
Kian Sills 7-7 0-0 17 2
Clay Hepp 2-2 0-0 5 3
Drew Thieme 4-5 1-3 9 4
Zach Munson 14-17 1-2 30 1
Jack Hansen 8-14 1-1 18 1
Bernie McGuinness 5-11 1-1 13 3
Roc Ricker 1-5 0-0 2 2
Matt Parenteau 0-2 0-0 0 0
Kameron Osswald 1-1 0-1 2 0
Josh Osborn 0-1 0-0 0 1
Brian Ponder 0-0 0-0 0 1
Totals 42-65 4-8 96 18
Score by Quarters
Washington 17 10 11 15 – 53
Guerin Catholic 28 19 28 21 – 96
Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (8-15) Sills 3-3, McGuinness 2-3, Hansen 1-5, Munson 1-2, Hepp 1-1, Ricker 0-1.
Guerin Catholic rebounds (38) Munson 11, McGuinness 8, Ricker 4, Hansen 4, Parenteau 4, Thieme 2, Ponder 2, Osswald 1, Osborn 1, team 1.
Guerin Catholic had an enjoyable Senior Night on Friday as the Golden Eagles easily beat Indianapolis Washington 96-53. Pictured are the Golden Eagles’ senior cheerleaders, the basketball players and the basketball support staff with their families in the background. (Photo provided)