Hamilton Southeastern won its fifth straight game on Saturday, sailing past New Palestine 55-27 in a home game.
The Class 4A No. 7 Royals led 13-3 after the first quarter, then went up 28-13 at halftime. Southeastern turned up its defense in the third period, again holding the Dragons to just three points.
Riley Makalusky and Lauren Stewart both scored 12 points; Stewart had four 3-pointers. Makayla Hinshaw added 11 points and collected five rebounds. Olivia Brown had nine rebounds and four steals. Ryan Viele also had four rebounds.
The Royals are 9-2 and play a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game Wednesday at Franklin Central.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 55, NEW PALESTINE 27
Southeastern FG FT TP PF
Makayla Hinshaw 4-13 3-4 11 3
Riley Makalusky 6-10 0-0 12 3
Olivia Brown 2-5 0-0 5 1
Ryan Viele 1-9 2-2 5 3
Lauren Stewart 4-7 0-0 12 1
Jocelyn Davis 0-0 2-2 2 0
Shalyn Rathbun 0-0 0-0 0 2
Teegan Acres 2-2 1-2 5 2
Brin Bair 0-1 1-2 1 0
Caleigh Scott 0-1 0-0 0 2
Mckenna Watson 0-0 2-2 2 1
Gabi Layman 0-0 0-0 0 0
Zoe Bolding 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 19-48 11-14 55 18
Score by Quarters
New Palestine 3 10 3 11 – 27
Southeastern 13 15 17 10 – 55
Southeastern 3-point shooting (6-20) Stewart 4-6, Viele 1-5, Brown 1-2, Hinshaw 0-5, Bair 0-1, Scott 0-1.
Southeastern rebounds (32) Brown 9, Hinshaw 5, Viele 4, Davis 3, Makalusky 3, Rathbun 3, Stewart 2, Bair 1, Acres 1, Scott 1.