Hamilton Heights picked up a Hoosier Conference win at Western on Friday, by the score of 66-55.
The Huskies led 20-14 at the end of the first quarter, with Gus Etchison scoring 10 points and Camron Knott adding seven. Heights led 30-24 at halftime, then slowly extended its lead in the second half. Etchison had 14 points in that half, while Brent Pennington drained three 3-pointers, scoring all 12 of his points in the second half.
Etchison finished the game with 28 points, including an 8-of-9 effort from the free-throw line. He also collected five rebounds. Knott totaled nine points and Luke Carroll scored eight.
The Huskies are 2-0 in the Hoosier Conference East Division and tied for first place with Tipton. Heights is 5-2 overall and hosts Noblesville tonight.
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 66, WESTERN 55
Heights FG FT TP PF
Gus Etchison 9-16 8-9 28 3
Issiac Hickok 1-2 1-2 3 3
Camron Knott 3-9 2-3 9 0
Brent Pennington 4-6 1-2 12 0
Hudson Hochstedler 1-1 1-2 4 2
Lucas Letsinger 1-4 0-0 2 0
Noah Linville 0-0 0-0 0 0
Luke Carroll 2-4 4-4 8 2
Totals 21-42 17-22 66 10
Score by Quarters
Heights 20 10 19 17 – 66
Western 14 10 17 14 – 55
Heights 3-point shooting (7-18) Pennington 3-3, Etchison 2-6, Knott 1-5, Hochstedler 1-1, Letsinger 0-2, Hickok 0-1.
Heights rebounds (23) Etchison 5, Hickok 3, Knott 3, Carroll 3, Hochstedler 3, Pennington 1.