Guerin Catholic beat Martinsville 74-41 in boys basketball action at Indiana Farmers Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Saturday evening. Luke Godfrey and Zach Munson each scored 16 points, and Jack Hansen joined the 1,000 Point Club for his career in the contest.
Hansen scored the first five points of the contest as GC never trailed. With his fifth field goal of the game in the third quarter, Hansen had 1,001 points to become the fourth Guerin Catholic player in boys basketball to break the barrier. He was pulled out of the game immediately after the basket by Coach Pete Smith, and the 6’7″ senior was done for the evening after reaching the milestone. “He sprained his ankle late in the first quarter, had it re-taped and went back in midway through the second quarter but it was bothering him. When he got over the 1,000 mark I felt he’d been on his ankle enough tonight,” said Smith. “He really was playing well until he tweaked his ankle early. It’s a great accomplishment.”
Aaron Brennan is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,473 points. Hansen joins Brennan, Ryan Nowicki (1,153), and Christian Munson (1,151) in the elite 1,000 Point Club at Golden Eagles. But it was the younger Munson who shined Saturday night, as Zach Munson was selected by media as the State Fairgrounds’ Game MVP for his 5-of-7 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 effort at the free throw stripe. Earlier in the week Munson committed to continue his college basketball career next season at the University of Chicago.
The Golden Eagles (9-5) broke the school record for field goal percentage in the game, as they connected on a sizzling 26-of-38 field goals (68.4 percent). The previous record was set in the Richmond Holiday Tournament against Huntington North at 67.6 percent (29-of-44) back in the 2011-2102 season. “We got good, open looks, and shots were going down.” said Smith. “But it started at the defensive end with stops, and I thought Luke Godfrey had his best overall game of the season at both ends.”
To go along with his scoring total, Godfrey also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, and did not commit a turnover. Much to Smith’s ire though, the Golden Eagles’ team committed 17 turnovers against Martinsville (6-5). A fourth Golden Eagle to score double figures was junior Roc Ricker with 12, all in the fourth quarter. Kian Sills and Clay Hepp dished out six and five assists, respectively. No Artesians scored in double figures, supporting Smith’s comments on how well his team defended.
At halftime senior Drew Thieme was selected to the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance All-Academic team as well. “A well-deserved honor for Drew, who truly fits the definition of student-athlete” said Smith. During the football season Thieme was honored as one of only 25 players named to the Indiana High School Academic Football All-Star team selected by the Indianapolis Colts, the IHSAA, and the Indiana Football Coaches Association.
This coming Friday will mark the eighth straight basketball game GC has played away from home, and it doesn’t get any bigger that playing Circle City Conference rival Brebeuf Jesuit. The all-time series is 7-7 between the two schools. The Golden Eagles will finally return home next Saturday night to host Richmond.
Guerin Catholic 74, Martinsville 41
Guerin FG FT TP PF
Kian Sills 1-3 3-4 5 1
Clay Hepp 2-2 1-2 5 1
Luke Godfrey 6-8 0-0 16 1
Zach Munson 5-8 4-4 16 3
Jack Hansen 5-7 0-0 11 2
Drew Thieme 0-3 1-2 1 2
Bernie McGuinness 3-3 0-2 7 1
Roc Ricker 4-4 1-1 12 0
Josh Osborn 0-0 1-4 1 0
Matt Parenteau 0-0 0-0 0 1
Kameron Osswald 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 26-38 11-19 74 12
Score by Quarters
Martinsville 8 7 9 17 – 41
Guerin Catholic 19 11 22 22 – 74
Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (11-15) Godfrey 4-5, Ricker 3-3, Munson 2-3, McGuinness 1-1, Hansen 1-1, Sills 0-1, Theime 0-1.
Guerin Catholic rebounds (29) Godfrey 8, Sills 4, Hepp 4, Hansen 3, Ricker 2, Munson 2, Parenteau 2, McGuinness 1, Thieme 1, Osborn 1, team 1.