Noblesville broke out of a roller-coaster first half at Beech Grove on Saturday, overpowering the Hornets in the second half and winning 60-43.
The Millers led 10-2 after the first quarter, but Beech Grove poured in 24 points in the second period while holding Noblesville to 11. The Hornets thus led 26-21 at halftime. But the Millers responded with a huge second half, outscoring the Hornets 39-17.
Three Noblesville players reached double figures. Noah Harris led with 12 points, followed by Aaron Fine and David Lloyd with 10 points each. Fine, Lloyd and Evan Wilson all had two 3-pointers, while Fine pulled eight rebounds. Preston Roberts had five rebounds and five assists, in addition to eight points.
The Millers are 2-1 and host Carmel Friday at The Mill.
NOBLESVILLE 60, BEECH GROVE 43
Noblesville FG FT TP PF
Josh Durham 0-3 2-2 2 4
Aaron Fine 2-3 4-4 10 4
Luke Wilson 2-2 0-0 6 1
EJ Smith 3-7 1-2 8 3
Noah Harris 2-5 8-9 12 2
Luke Almodovar 3-6 1-2 7 3
Preston Roberts 2-3 1-2 5 2
David Lloyd 4-6 0-0 10 2
Cameron Karns 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 18-35 17-21 60 21
Score by Quarters
Noblesville 10 11 18 21 – 60
Beech Grove 2 24 8 9 – 43
Noblesville 3-point shooting (7-19) Fine 2-3, Lloyd 2-3, Wilson 2-2, Smith 1-3, Durham 0-3, Almodovar 0-3, Harris 0-2.
Noblesville rebounds (21) Fine 8, Roberts 5, Lloyd 3, Almodovar 2, Smith 1, Harris 1, Karns 1.
‘Hounds beat Eagles for back-to-back wins
Carmel made it a back-to-back victory weekend, beating Zionsville 49-34 Saturday at the Eric Clark Activity Center.
The Class 4A No. 2 Greyhounds were on top 9-6 after the first quarter, then took control of the game in the middle periods, outscoring the Eagles 28-15. Carmel led 22-13 at halftime and 37-21 after three quarters.
Brian Waddell scored 15 points to lead the ‘Hounds, while Connor Gioia added 12 points. Both had two 3-pointers. Peter Suder collected five rebounds.
Carmel is 3-0 and will play its first road game on Friday, traveling to The Mill to take on Noblesville.
CARMEL 49, ZIONSVILLE 34
Carmel FG FT TP PF
Connor Gioia 4-5 2-2 12 0
Josh Whack 1-1 4-4 6 0
Peter Suder 1-6 0-1 2 1
Brian Waddell 5-10 3-4 15 0
Charlie Williams 1-9 2-2 4 3
Nick Frische 0-1 1-2 1 1
Wil Leary 3-5 0-0 7 1
Bryce Beery 1-1 0-0 2 1
Totals 16-38 12-15 49 7
Score by Quarters
Zionsville 6 7 8 13 – 34
Carmel 9 13 15 12 – 49
Carmel 3-point shooting (5-9) Waddell 2-4, Gioia 2-2, Leary 1-3.
Carmel rebounds (19) Suder 5, Waddell 4, Williams 4, Whack 2, Beery 2, Gioia 1, Frische 1.
‘Blazers dominate Speedway
The Class 2A No. 7-ranked University boys basketball team picked up its second win of the season with a dominating 61-39 win over Speedway at The U Center.
Senior Camden Brown led the way for the Trailblazers with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Larry Pierce had 10 points and nine rebounds for 2-1 University.
Coach Brandon Lafferman thought his team played their best ball of the young season. “Great bounce back win after a close loss last night,” he said. “This was our best team effort of the season as all five starters contributed and our bench players came in and provided an additional spark. I thought Kasey Ash-Simpson and Seth Hogg did some great things for us off the bench. Freshman Sabien Cain did a great job scoring and distributing the ball.”
The Blazers started slow with score knotted at 4-4 midway through the first quarter. Brown gave University the lead for good with 2:30 left in the period for a 6-4 lead. Brown scored six points in the quarter as University led 13-8.
University stretched their lead to 30-17 at halftime as Brown nearly had a double double in the first half with 11 points and nine rebounds. Matt Jones had a pair of first half three pointers.
The Trailblazers blew the game open in the third quarter, racing to a 46-26 lead after three. Cain had seven points in the third quarter with Brown adding four more.
Jones finished with nine points with Cain adding seven points and five rebounds. Mitchell Martin had six points while Ash-Simpson and Nate Jeffrey chipped in with four each. Zach Whitham had a three pointer while senior Adam Witzman had his first varsity basket.
University hosts Harrison on Tuesday night. “We are excited to jump right back out there Tuesday with a major challenge with a good 4A program in Harrison,” said Lafferman.
UNIVERSITY 61, SPEEDWAY 39
University FG FT TP PF
Kasey Ash-Simpson 2-4 0-0 4 2
Nate Jeffrey 2-2 0-0 4 0
Kahmi Bracey 0-0 0-0 0 0
Robert Russell 0-0 0-0 0 1
Zach Whitham 1-2 0-0 3 0
Sabien Cain 3-7 0-0 7 3
Matt Jones 3-5 0-0 9 0
Larry Pierce 4-12 2-3 10 3
Camden Brown 7-15 1-3 16 2
Seth Hogg 0-1 0-0 0 2
Adam Witzman 1-1 0-0 2 1
Mitchell Martin 3-5 0-0 6 1
Totals 26-54 3-6 61 15
Score by Quarters
Speedway 8 9 9 13 – 39
University 13 17 16 15 – 61
University 3-point shooting (6-16) Jones 3-4, Cain 1-3, Brown 1-3, Whitham 1-2, Pierce 0-2, Hogg 0-1, Martin 0-1.
University rebounds (36) Brown 11, Pierce 7, Cain 5, Hogg 5, Martin 5, Ash-Simpson 1, Jeffrey 1, Bracey 1.