In an all-county and Hoosier Crossroads Conference girls game, Hamilton Southeastern beat Westfield 43-34 Saturday afternoon.
The Class 4A No. 10 Royals jumped out to an early lead, going ahead 10-5 after the first quarter. Southeastern extended that advantage to 23-15 at halftime, with Malea Jackson scoring seven points in the first half and Amaya Hamilton adding six.
The Shamrocks cut HSE’s lead to 30-24 by the end of the third period; Annabelle O’Hair helped out by making five of six free throws in the quarter. The Royals were able to stay comfortably ahead in the fourth period. Sydney Parrish scored 10 points in the fourth.
Parrish, playing her first game in almost a month after an injury, scored 20 points. Hamilton had seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, O’Hair led Westfield with 10 points. O’Hair and Ashtin DeCraene both grabbed four rebounds.
The Royals are now 14-5 and have two big games next week: Southeastern plays at 4A No. 7 Lawrence North on Tuesday, then hosts Zionsville in a Friday girl-boy HCC doubleheader.
Westfield, now 13-7, travels to Brownsburg on Friday, also an HCC doubleheader. The Bulldogs lead the conference with a 4-0 record. The Royals are 4-1, while the ‘Rocks are 2-3.
Southeastern 43, Westfield 34
Southeastern FG FT TP PF
Malea Jackson 2-6 4-4 9 0
Jackie Maulucci 0-2 0-0 0 3
Molly Walton 2-6 0-0 4 3
Amaya Hamilton 2-4 2-3 6 5
Tayah Irvin 1-4 2-4 4 3
Shelby Ford 0-2 0-0 0 4
Sydney Parrish 6-12 7-8 20 4
Lydia Self 0-1 0-0 0 0
Ella Zingraf 0-0 0-0 0 1
Erikka Ededuwa 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 13-37 15-19 43 23
Southeastern 3-point shooting (2-13) Jackson 1-4, Parrish 1-4, Walton 0-2, Irvin 0-2, Self 0-1.
Southeastern rebounds (22) Hamilton 7, Walton 4, Irvin 4, Parrish 3, Jackson 2, Maulucci 1, Ford 1.
Westfield FG FT TP PF
Jade Shipley 0-1 6-6 6 0
Megan Rops 0-2 2-2 2 2
Karley Wininger 1-2 0-4 2 3
Sophia Kreag 1-5 0-1 3 5
Ava Henson 0-2 0-0 0 0
Ashtin DeCraene 0-0 2-2 2 4
Zoe Pentecost 0-0 0-1 0 2
Annabelle O’Hair 2-6 5-6 10 3
Ryann Bunting 2-5 0-0 6 2
Gigi Eldredge 0-2 3-6 3 0
Totals 6-25 18-28 34 21
Westfield 3-point shooting (4-13) Bunting 2-4, Kreag 1-5, O’Hair 1-2, Shipley 0-1, Rops 0-1.
Westfield rebounds (21) DeCraene 4, O’Hair 4, Rops 2, Eldredge 2, Shipley 1, Wininger 1, Kreag 1, Buntin 1, team 5.
Score by Quarters
Southeastern 10 13 7 13 – 43
Westfield 5 10 9 10 – 34