Guerin Catholic finished in sixth place at the Phil Cox Memorial Holiday Tournament after finishing play at Kokomo’s annual event on Thursday.
The Golden Eagles beat South Bend Adams 56-40 in their first game to advance to the fifth-place game. Guerin Catholic outscored Adams in each quarter, leading 13-10 after the first period and 29-19 at halftime.
Lucas Parker had an outstanding shooting performance, making five 3-pointers on his way to 21 points. Will Grissom added 13 points, and also had six rebounds and six assists. Robert Sorensen collected five rebounds and Kamea Chandler handed out four assists.
The Golden Eagles fell to South Bend Riley 64-58 in the fifth-place contest. Sorensen scored 18 points, including three 3s, followed by Parker with 17 and Grissom with 10.
Guerin Catholic is 6-5 and plays next Friday, Jan. 7 at Bishop Chatard in Circle City Conference action.
TRAILBLAZERS FALL TWICE
The University boys lost two games at Kokomo’s Phil Cox Memorial Holiday Tournament Thursday afternoon. The Trailblazers lost the seventh-place game to South Bend Adams 62-51 after falling to South Bend Riley 61-44 in the noon game.
The shorthanded Blazers had just seven healthy players and the lack of depth caught up to them against the deeper South Bend teams. University never led in either contest.
University trailed 54-32 after three quarters against Riley. The Blazers held the Wildcats scoreless for more than five minutes to open the fourth quarter, pulling to within 54-41 on a Kahmi Bracey basket before Riley stretched the lead back out.
Larry Pierce had 16 points to pace the Trailblazers against Riley. Nate Jeffrey had nine points and Robert Russell seven.
The Trailblazers made a late run against Adams to cut the lead to 11. Russell scored before Bryce Gray and Seth Hogg hit 3-pointers, but it was too little, too late.
The same trio led University in scoring against Adams. Russell had a team-high 12 points including a pair of 3-point shots. Pierce had 11 points and Jeffrey 10 as three Trailblazers hit double figure.
University is 6-5 on the season after three losses in 20 hours in Kokomo. They are next in action Thursday night at Class 2A No. 13 Covenant Christian. The Warriors are the two time defending Sectional 42 champions.
GUERIN CATHOLIC 56, SOUTH BEND ADAMS 40
Guerin Catholic FG FT TP PF
Jack Cherry 0-1 0-0 0 1
Robert Sorensen 2-5 0-0 4 2
Will Grissom 5-10 3-6 13 1
Josh Holba 3-5 0-1 6 2
Lucas Parker 8-13 0-0 21 0
Matthew Etchison 0-0 2-2 2 0
Kamea Chandler 1-3 0-0 2 1
Aden Cannon 0-2 4-4 4 2
Patrick Baird 1-1 0-0 2 1
Ryan Zimmerman 0-0 0-0 0 1
Andy Caron 1-1 0-0 2 1
Anthony Ferrucci 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 21-41 9-13 56 13
Score by Quarters
Guerin Catholic 13 16 12 15 – 56
Adams 10 9 10 11 – 40
Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (5-10) Parker 5-8, Sorensen 0-1, Grissom 0-1.
Guerin Catholic rebounds (22) Grissom 6, Sorensen 5, Cherry 2, Parker 2, Caron 1, Etchison 1, Holba 1, Cannon 1, Zimmerman 1, Chandler 1, team 1.
SOUTH BEND RILEY 64, GUERIN CATHOLIC 58
Guerin Catholic FG FT TP PF
Jack Cherry 1 2-2 4 2
Robert Sorensen 6 3-3 18 3
Will Grissom 4 2-2 10 2
Josh Holba 1 0-0 2 1
Lucas Parker 5 5-5 17 0
Matthew Etchison 1 0-0 2 2
Patrick Baird 1 0-0 2 1
Aden Cannon 0 1-2 1 1
Kamea Chandler 1 0-0 2 2
Ty Sanders 0 0-0 0 0
Andy Caron 0 0-0 0 0
Anthony Ferrucci 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 20 13-14 58 14
Score by Quarters not available
Guerin Catholic 3-pointers (5) Sorensen 3, Parker 2.
SOUTH BEND RILEY 61, UNIVERSITY 44
University FG FT TP PF
Nate Jeffrey 4 1-1 9 4
Kahmi Bracey 2 0-1 5 3
Robert Russell 2 2-2 7 1
Larry Pierce 4 8-11 16 2
Seth Hogg 1 0-0 2 2
Bryce Gray 1 0-0 2 1
Steven Scott 1 1-1 3 0
Totals 15 12-16 44 13
Score by Quarters
University 11 9 12 12 – 44
Riley 18 15 21 7 – 61
University 3-pointers (2) Bracey 1, Russell 1.
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 62, UNIVERSITY 51
University FG FT TP PF
Nate Jeffrey 5 0-0 10 0
Kahmi Bracey 1 0-0 2 1
Robert Russell 4 2-2 12 1
Larry Pierce 3 5-6 11 3
Seth Hogg 1 0-0 3 1
Bryce Gray 3 0-0 8 1
Steven Scott 0 5-6 5 2
Totals 17 12-14 51 9
Score by Quarters
University 10 12 12 17 – 51
Adams 16 19 18 9 – 62
University 3-pointers (5) Gray 2, Russell 2, Hogg 1.