Tuesday hoops

Nearly half of Mt. Vernon's games have been decided by one possession this year. Tuesday, the Marauders took it to another level. MV beat Westfield 74-73 in double OT Tuesday night for the Marauders' second straight win. Quinn Williams scored 41 points and hit a shot late in the second OT to win it. Anthony Burnett scored 12. MV is now 6-13 heading into Friday's season finale against Yorktown, which we will broadcast on www.hancockcountysports.com.

New Palestine dropped an 85-78 OT decision to Shelbyville on Tuesday night. The Dragons trailed by as many as 18 points -- but scored 51 second-half points to knot the game and send it into OT on Reid Clark's putback with 2.8 seconds left in regulation. Josh Penley had 27 points and six assists, Clark nine rebounds and Justin Ikerd 17 points for the Dragons. Shelby's Patrick Ellis scored 25, and helped take the game over in OT, in which the Bears outscored NP 17-10. Dragons now 8-10 and finish HHC play with a 1-6 mark.

Eastern Hancock keeps rolling, improving to 16-3 with a 73-61 Senior Night victory over Morristown. EH jumped out to an early double-digit lead and never looked back in the victory. Zach Kissick led EH with 21 points, Dustin Smith added 18.

Greenfield-Central fell 51-40 to Connersville on the Cougars' Senior Night. The Cougars are now 8-11 heading into Thursday's season finale at Knightstown.