Noblesville won yet another close game on Saturday, edging past Arsenal Tech 60-58 at the Titans’ gym.
This is the third victory in a row for the Millers, and all three of them have been by two points. Noblesville trailed 16-12 after the first quarter and 30-26 at halftime. But the Millers kept chipping away at the lead, and were down by just 39-38 after three periods.
Noblesville took over in the fourth quarter, with a Max Flinchum 3-pointer and a Nolan Ginther three-point play getting the Millers ahead 57-49 with 2:06 left. Tech made a comeback to within 57-55 with 1:15 remaining, but Noblesville was able to hold on for the win.
Flinchum scored 22 points, and made four 3-pointers. Ginther added 16 points, including a 10-of-12 effort from the free-throw line. Xavier Hines had five rebounds.
Noblesville is now 10-9 and travels to Lawrence Central on Tuesday, heads to Avon Friday and hosts Hamilton Heights Saturday.
NOBLESVILLE 60, ARSENAL TECH 58
Noblesville FG FT TP PF
Ryan Barnes 1-2 0-0 2 4
Rico Duncan 1-4 2-2 5 4
Max Flinchum 7-15 4-4 22 2
Nolan Ginther 3-5 10-12 16 0
Grant Gremel 2-4 2-3 6 4
Xavier Hines 3-5 2-2 9 4
Nick Mills 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 17-35 20-23 60 18
Score by Quarters
Noblesville 12 14 12 22 – 60
Tech 16 14 9 19 – 58
Noblesville 3-point shooting (6-10) Flinchum 4-8, Duncan 1-1, Hines 1-1.
Noblesville rebounds (20) Hines 5, Gremel 4, Ginther 3, Duncan 2, Flinchum 2, Barnes 1, team 3.