Fishers rolled into the championship game of the Class 4A Noblesville sectional with a 72-58 semi-final win over Anderson in the first Friday night semi-final.
The Tigers led 12-9 after the first quarter, then leaped ahead 30-19 by halftime. Jeremy Szilagyi got hot in the second period, scoring 10 points, including two 3-pointers.
The Indians stayed with Fishers in the third quarter, but were only able to cut the Tigers’ lead to 45-35 by the end of the period. Fishers then poured in 27 points in the fourth quarter, with Szilagyi draining two more 3s and scoring 12 in the period.
Szilagyi’s grand totals for the game were 22 points and four 3-pointers. The senior was the first of four Tigers in double figures. Josiah Matthews added 15 points, while Terry Hicks scored 13. Both scored eight points in one quarter, with Hicks scoring that number in the third period and Matthews getting eight in the fourth.
Willie Jackson added 10 points. Fishers was most impressive from the free throw line in the second half, making all 14 of its foul shots.
The Tigers are now 12-11 and play No. 10-ranked Carmel in tonight’s championship game.
Fishers 72, Anderson 58
Fishers FG FT TP PF
Josiah Matthews 4 6-8 15 0
Willie Jackson 3 4-6 10 3
Jeremy Szilagyi 8 2-2 22 4
Brendhan Russom 0 2-2 2 2
Terry Hicks 5 3-4 13 4
Alex Szilagyi 2 3-3 7 2
Bryce Gee 1 1-3 3 4
Emmanuel Davis 0 0-0 0 0
Jack Maller 0 0-0 0 0
Geoffrey Brown 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 23 21-28 72 19
Score by Quarters
Fishers 12 18 15 27 – 72
Anderson 9 10 16 23 – 58
Fishers 3-pointers (5) J. Szilagyi 4, Matthews.
ABOVE: Fishers’ Jeremy Szilagyi scored 22 points for the Tigers in their sectional semi-final win over Anderson on Friday.
BELOW: Josiah Matthews scored 15 points for Fishers on Friday.
