The REPORTER
On Friday night, the Hamilton Heights Huskies were looking to keep winning following Tuesday night’s 26-point win at Clinton Central.
Unfortunately for Heights, New Castle had other plans and burst out from the opening tip on a mission. The visiting Trojans got off to a 20-9 lead through one. That made it a difficult hill for the Huskies to climb, in a 51-37 home loss.
Heights was able to keep scoring to a minimum in the second, out-scoring the Trojans 7-2 and trailed just 22-16 at halftime.
New Castle took the third 14-12, pushing the lead to 36-28 heading into the fourth.
A 15-9 fourth would help the Trojans claim a double-digit road win in Arcadia on Friday night, 51-37.
Tillman Etchison led the Huskies with a team-high 15 points and five rebounds. Junior Dreydin Serna had nine and grabbed four boards.
Hamilton Heights (1-2) hits the road tonight for an all-county matchup in Noblesville at Class 3A No. 2 Guerin Catholic (3-0).
NEW CASTLE 51, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 37
Heights FG FT TP PF
Rees Knapp 2-5 0-0 5 4
Dreydin Serna 4-10 0-2 9 2
Tillman Etchison 6-20 3-4 15 4
John Irion 2-9 1-2 6 2
Simon Knott 1-2 0-0 2 1
Carson Felger 0-2 0-0 0 2
Phoenix Vondersaar 0-0 0-0 0 2
Caleb Grimsey 0-0 0-0 0 2
Aidan Unger 0-0 0-0 0 1
Totals 15-48 4-8 37 20
Score by Quarters
New Castle 20 2 14 15 – 51
Heights 9 7 12 9 – 37
Heights 3-point shooting (3-19) Serna 1-5, Irion 1-4, Knapp 1-2, Etchison 0-6, Felger 0-2.
Heights rebounds (26) Knapp 5, Felger 5, Etchison 5, Serna 4, Grimsey 3, Vondersaar 2, Irion 2.