Hamilton Southeastern dropped a 69-48 game at North Central on Friday.
The Panthers led 16-11 after the first quarter. The Royals played North Central even in the second period, and were still within 26-21 at halftime. But NC began to pull away in the second half, leading 45-35 after three quarters, then pouring in 24 points in the fourth.
Caleb Smock threw in five 3-pointers for Southeastern, giving him 15 points. Donovan Hamilton and Sam Jacobs both scored 10 points. Hamilton also collected five rebounds, while Deion Miles handed out seven assists. Reph Stevenson added six points.
The Royals are 2-3 for the season and host Fishers next Friday in the Mudsock game.
NORTH CENTRAL 69, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 48
Southeastern FG FT TP PF
Reph Stevenson 3-6 0-0 6 1
Caleb Smock 5-7 0-0 15 0
Deion Miles 0-2 0-0 0 2
Sam Jacobs 5-10 0-0 10 4
Michael Griffith 1-1 0-0 2 3
Donovan Hamilton 3-10 4-4 10 2
Joshua Jones 2-5 0-0 5 0
Alex Troutman 0-1 0-0 0 0
Tyler Lacy 0-2 0-0 0 0
Eli Robinson 0-0 0-0 0 2
Kasey Ash-Simpson 0-1 0-0 0 0
Totals 19-45 4-4 48 14
Score by Quarters
Southeastern 11 10 14 13 – 48
North Central 16 10 19 24 – 69
Southeastern 3-point shooting (6-16) Smock 5-6, Jones 1-3, Hamilton 0-2, Lacy 0-2, Miles 0-1, Jacobs 0-1, Troutman 0-1.
Southeastern rebounds (19) Hamilton 5, Stevenson 2, Jones 2, Troutman 2, Griffith 2, Jacobs 1, team 5.