Carmel dropped a home game to New Albany 36-31 Saturday at the Eric Clark Activity Center.
The Bulldogs led 11-5 after the first quarter and 19-10 at halftime. The Greyhounds cut New Albany’s lead to 26-23 after three periods, but the Bulldogs held on in the fourth quarter.
Josh Whack led Carmel with seven points. Peter Suder and Charlie Williams both collected five rebounds.
The Greyhounds are 4-3 and will be off until Thursday, Jan. 2 when they play at Anderson.
NEW ALBANY 36, CARMEL 31
Carmel FG FT TP PF
Josh Whack 2-4 2-2 7 5
Conner Gioia 1-4 0-0 2 2
Charlie Williams 2-3 2-2 6 3
Jackson Jannsen 1-4 2-2 5 1
Peter Suder 2-5 0-2 4 4
Bryce Beery 1-2 0-0 2 0
Wil Leary 2-4 0-0 5 1
Burke Weldy 0-2 0-0 0 0
Nick Frische 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 11-28 6-8 31 16
Score by Quarters
New Albany 11 8 7 10 – 36
Carmel 5 5 13 8 – 31
Carmel 3-point shooting (3-13) Jannsen 1-3, Leary 1-3, Whack 1-2, Gioia 0-2, Weldy 0-2, Beery 0-1.
Carmel rebounds (19) Suder 5, Williams 5, Gioia 3, Beery 2, Leary 2, Jannsen 1, Whack 1.