Hamilton Southeastern was stunned by Lawrence Central 83-51 Friday in a battle of top 10 Class 4A teams Friday at the Royals’ gym.
The No. 7 Bears outscored the No. 9 Royals in each period, leading 44-28 at halftime. Lawrence Central then ran away with the third quarter, scoring 27 points. The Bears made 10 3-pointers in the game.
Mabor Majak scored 10 points to lead Southeastern, and also grabbed five rebounds. Landon Morris had nine points, while Chris Grubbs added eight points and pulled eight rebounds. Noah Smith handed out four assists.
The Royals are 8-3 and play tonight at No. 1-ranked and defending 4A state champion Warren Central.
Lawrence Central 83, Hamilton Southeastern 51
Southeastern FG FT TP PF
Noah Smith 2-8 2-2 6 1
Kole Hornbuckle 0-4 6-6 6 0
Bradley Beemon 1-4 2-2 4 1
Chris Kottlowski 1-2 0-0 3 2
Elliot Robinson 1-1 0-0 3 0
Chris Grubbs 2-7 4-8 8 3
Vinny Buccilla 1-3 0-0 2 1
Cam Harris 0-1 0-0 0 0
Brandon Miller 0-0 0-0 0 1
Landon Morris 3-7 3-4 9 1
Mabor Majak 5-8 0-2 10 2
Totals 16-45 17-24 51 12
Score by Quarters
Lawrence Central 25 19 27 12 – 83
Southeastern 16 12 12 11 – 51
Southeastern 3-point shooting (2-7) Kottlowski 1-2, Robinson 1-1, Hornbuckle 0-2, Buccilla 0-1, Morris 0-1.
Southeastern rebounds (25) Grubbs 5, Majak 5, Smith 2, Hornbuckle 2, Buccilla 2, Beemon 1, Morris 1, team 7.