Hamilton Southeastern’s girls got a big test from Brownsburg on Tuesday night, and the Royals passed with honors in the second half.
The Class 4A No. 4 Royals kept their unbeaten season going by coming from behind and defeating the 4A No. 8 Bulldogs 55-41. Southeastern is now 8-0 for the season, and 2-0 in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference standings.
The Royals led 16-12 after the first quarter, but Brownsburg dominated the second period, using its pressure defense to outscore HSE 15-4 to take a 27-20 halftime lead. Southeastern pushed back in the second half, outscoring the Bulldogs 35-14. The Royals got quick scores off defensive deflections in the third quarter, then continued the pressure in the fourth.
Sydney Parrish led Southeastern’s scoring with 21 points, followed by Malea Jackson with 13 and Amaya Hamilton with 12. Parrish went 9-of-9 from the free throw line, while Jackson was 6-of-6.
Hamilton led the rebounding with seven, followed by Lydia Self with six. Jackie Maulucci and Molly Walton both cleared five rebounds. The Royals had 13 steals as a team, with Parrish making five and Hamilton four.
Southeastern travels to Carmel on Friday for an afternoon game. The contest has been moved up one hour: Junior varsity tips off at noon, followed by varsity at 1:30 p.m.
Southeastern 55, Brownsburg 41
Southeastern FG FT TP PF
Amaya Hamilton 4-10 1-4 12 1
Malea Jackson 3-7 6-6 13 3
Jackie Maulucci 1-5 0-4 3 0
Tayah Irvin 2-4 2-2 6 2
Sydney Parrish 6-14 9-9 21 4
Molly Walton 0-3 0-2 0 2
Lydia Self 0-0 0-2 0 1
Bailee Poore 0-0 0-0 0 0
Lauren Morris 0-0 0-0 0 0
Bri Baker 0-0 0-0 0 0
Allie Poyer 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 16-43 18-29 55 13
Score by Quarters
Brownsburg 12 15 6 8 – 41
Southeastern 16 4 17 18 – 55
Southeastern 3-point shooting (5-20) Hamilton 3-7, Maulucci 1-4, Jackson 1-3, Parrish 0-4, Walton 0-1, Irvin 0-1.
Southeastern rebounds (30) Hamilton 7, Self 6, Maulucci 5, Walton 5, Parrish 3, Irvin 2, Jackson 1, Morris 1.