Westfield ran its record to 5-0 on Saturday with a dominating 66-32 win at Tipton.
The Class 4A No. 7 Shamrocks got out to a blistering start, leading the Blue Devils 22-5 after the first period. Westfield outscored Tipton in each quarter, going up 37-17 by halftime and 50-24 after three periods.
Four Shamrocks players scored in double figures. Luke Naas had a remarkable shooting night, making five 3-pointers for 15 points. Cam Haffner added 14 points, followed by Matthew Penley with 12 and Braden Smith with 10.
Smith led the rebounding with eight and also handed out seven assists. Haffner had six rebounds and four assists, while Penley and Nic Depasquale both collected six rebounds as well.
The ‘Rocks travel to Pendleton Heights on Tuesday.
WESTFIELD 66, TIPTON 32
Westfield FG FT TP PF
Braden Smith 4-11 0-0 10 1
Benji Welch 1-1 0-0 3 1
Luke Naas 5-8 0-0 15 0
Trey Dorton 0-1 0-0 0 0
Matthew Penley 5-7 2-2 12 3
Luke VanDyke 1-2 0-0 2 1
Cam Haffner 6-12 1-1 14 0
Nic Depasquale 4-9 0-0 8 2
Kai Butterworth 0-1 2-2 2 0
Sam Bishop 0-0 0-0 0 0
Alex Romack 0-0 0-0 0 4
Totals 26-52 5-5 66 12
Score by Quarters
Westfield 22 15 13 16 – 66
Tipton 5 12 7 8 – 32
Westfield 3-point shooting (9-19) Naas 5-8, Smith 2-7, Haffner 1-3, Welch 1-1.
Westfield rebounds (38) Smith 8, Penley 6, Haffner 6, Depasquale 6, VanDyke 4, Romack 4, Butterworth 3, Naas 1.
‘Hounds stay unbeaten with win at New Albany
Carmel kept its unbeaten season intact on Saturday, winning at New Albany 50-42.
The Class 4A No. 2 Greyhounds got off to a good start, leading 12-5 after the first quarter. New Albany cut Carmel’s lead to 22-19 by halftime, but the ‘Hounds stayed ahead in the second half, outscoring New Albany in both the third and fourth periods.
Brian Waddell led the way with 16 points on 8-of-9 field goal shooting. He also collected six rebounds. Sam Orme added eight points; both he and Josh Whack made two 3-pointers. Peter Suder had six assists and five rebounds.
Carmel is 6-0 for the season. The Greyhounds return to the Eric Clark Activity Center on Wednesday afternoon to play Barr-Reeve, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A.
CARMEL 50, NEW ALBANY 42
Carmel FG FT TP PF
Josh Whack 2-5 0-1 6 3
Peter Suder 2-4 0-2 4 3
Brian Waddell 8-10 0-1 16 0
Sam Orme 3-5 0-0 8 0
Bryce Beery 1-1 4-4 6 3
Wil Leary 1-3 1-2 4 1
Nick Frische 2-2 0-0 4 0
Charlie Williams 1-1 0-0 2 1
Totals 20-31 5-10 50 11
Score by Quarters
Carmel 12 10 14 14 – 50
New Albany 5 14 12 11 – 42
Carmel 3-point shooting (5-9) Whack 2-3, Orme 2-3, Leary 1-2, Waddell 0-1.
Carmel rebounds (15) Waddell 6, Suder 4, Orme 3, Beery 1, Frische 1.
Golden Eagles get Senior Night victory
Guerin Catholic celebrated its Senior Night Saturday with a big win at the Eagles Nest, taking care of Pendleton Heights 80-44.
The Golden Eagles steadily built their big lead, going up 22-14 after the first quarter and 46-27 at halftime. Guerin Catholic continued its solid offense into the third period, pouring in another 20 points to lead 66-39 at the end of three. The defense took over after that, allowing the Arabians only five points in the fourth quarter.
Four GC players reached double figures. Matthew Gillis had 19 points, including a 9-of-9 effort from the free-throw line. Kaleb Edwards added 16 points while Joseph Bobilya and Will Grissom both added 13 points. Garrett Kreiner drained three 3-pointers for nine points.
Gillis also had eight rebounds and five assists, while Edwards and Bobilya both dished out four assists.
The Golden Eagles are 5-1 and host Lapel on Tuesday.
GUERIN CATHOLIC 80, PENDLETON HEIGHTS 44
Guerin Catholic FG FT TP PF
Kaleb Edwards 7-9 1-3 16 3
Elijah Edwards 0-2 0-0 0 4
Joseph Bobilya 4-10 3-3 13 2
Matthew Gillis 5-8 9-9 19 1
Daniel Keller 1-6 0-0 3 4
Will Grissom 3-4 6-8 13 1
Matthew Etchison 0-1 0-0 0 1
Garrett Kreiner 3-3 0-0 9 0
Jack Parenteau 1-1 0-2 2 1
Spencer Wilt 2-4 0-0 4 1
Jack Cherry 0-0 0-0 0 1
Aden Cannon 0-0 1-2 1 1
Patrick Baird 0-2 0-0 0 0
Sam Hanlin 0-3 0-0 0 0
Conner McNeely 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 26-53 20-27 80 20
Score by Quarters
Pendleton 14 13 12 5 – 44
Guerin Catholic 22 24 20 14 – 80
Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (8-24) Kreiner 3-3, Bobilya 2-7, Keller 1-4, K. Edwards 1-2, Grissom 1-1, Hanlin 0-3, Baird 0-2, E. Edwards 0-1, Wilt 0-1.
Guerin Catholic rebounds (42) Gillis 8, K. Edwards 4, Etchison 4, Parenteau 4, Bobilya 3, Grissom 3, Kreiner 3, Wilt 3, E. Edwards 2, Cannon 2, Baird 1, Cherry 1, McNeely 1, team 3.
Trailblazers complete weekend sweep
University’s boys completed a 2-0 weekend Saturday with a 56-28 home win over Traders Point Christian Academy.
The one-two punch of senior Camden Brown (18 points) and junior Larry Pierce (19 points) again led the Class 2A No. 13 Trailblazers, who have now won three games in a row and are 5-2 on the season.
University took control early, jumping out to a 9-0 lead before the game was two minutes old. Senior Zach Whitham opened the scoring hitting a three pointer off a Pierce assist. Brown followed with a three-point basket from a Sabien Cain pass and then Pierce had a steal leading to an old fashioned three-point play. The Knights were held without a field goal for nearly six minutes at the start of the game and the Trailblazers led 13-4 after the first period.
The second quarter started slowly. Matt Jones’ three pointer was University’s only points for the first six minutes of the period, but the Blazers still led 16-12. Kasey Ash-Simpson found Brown for a three pointer and then Pierce stole the ball and drove for a dunk to make the score 21-12. A Mitchell Martin basket made it 23-13 at halftime.
University increased the tempo in the third quarter and outscored the Knights 17-2 in the first 5:30 of the half to take a 40-15 lead. Pierce had a rebound basket, Jones hit a three off a Cain assist and Brown had a lay-in off a pass from Martin. After a Knights basket, Pierce scored eight straight points – two baskets off nice inside passes from Cain, a steal and lay-in and a rebound basket. Cain made a steal and found Brown at the rim for another assist and the 40-15 lead. Brown scored six more points to close out the third period with University up 46-20.
Trailblazers coach Brandon Lafferman substituted liberally in the fourth quarter as all 12 Blazers saw action with eight players scoring. Senior Adam Witzman had his first varsity points in the fourth quarter, scoring the last six University points of the game.
Lafferman was pleased with his team’s effort in their second game in two nights. “I really thought our energy was great tonight to start the game and even better in the third quarter. We were able to create some turnovers and score in transition. We made some nice adjustments in the second half against the zone and created more inside shots for Camden and Larry. Our bench really did their job throughout the game.”
Witzman led University with six rebounds. Brown had five and Pierce and Cain had four each. University took care of the ball, committing only seven turnovers while racking up 15 assists. Cain had a team high five assists. The Blazers had 15 steals with Martin pilfering six and Pierce five.
University is next scheduled to play in the Bedford North Lawrence Holiday Tournament on Dec. 29 and 30. The Trailblazers were runner-up to Fishers in last year’s tournament and will be in pool play with a pair of Class 4A teams (Castle and No. 14 Bloomington North) and Eastern (Greentown).
UNIVERSITY 56, TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 28
Team FG FT TP PF
Kasey Ash-Simpson 0-1 1-2 1 3
Nate Jeffrey 0-0 0-0 0 0
Kahmi Bracey 0-0 0-0 0 1
Robert Russell 0-1 0-0 0 0
Zach Whitham 1-7 0-0 3 0
Sabien Cain 0-2 1-2 1 2
Matt Jones 2-6 0-0 6 0
Larry Pierce 9-11 1-1 19 1
Camden Brown 8-13 0-0 18 2
Seth Hogg 0-3 0-0 0 0
Adam Witzman 3-6 0-0 6 0
Mitchell Martin 1-4 0-0 2 0
Totals 24-54 3-5 56 9
Score by Quarters
Traders Point 4 10 6 8 – 28
University 13 10 23 10 – 56
University 3-point shooting (5-26) Jones 2-6, Brown 2-5, Whitham 1-7, Cain 0-2, Martin 0-2, Ash-Simpson 0-1, Russell 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Hogg 0-1.
University rebounds (26) Witzman 6, Brown 5, Cain 4, Pierce 4, Jones 2, Hogg 2, Bracey 1, Russell 1, Martin 1.